I'm libertarian leaning and can offer my perspective on these issues. I have no problems with unions, but I don't support state protection of them. I suspect

I'm libertarian leaning and can offer my perspective on these issues. I have no problems with unions, but I don't support state protection of them. I suspect if you pressed most libertarians this is how they really feel. It's just in practice, this comes out as being totally against unions. (1) I definitely want to shift control of schools as locally as possible. It's silly to pretend that the needs of an inner city school in NY look a lot like the needs of a rural school in Kentucky. The more closely tied to the community the people making decisions are, the more likely they will be able to adapt to the needs of the students. (2) I'm not just an atheist, I'm a Hitchens is my hero atheist. If I thought I'd get the best over-all life outcomes for my children by sending them to a private for-profit Young Earth Creationist school I would do it in a heart-beat. I don't understand why anyone would care more about the for-profit status of a school than they do about the actual outcomes of the students. I suspect not-for-profit secular schools will provide the best outcomes, but I could be wrong. After the Parkland shooting a bunch of my liberal friends are starting to see the light of day regarding school choice and heading towards the privatization end of the spectrum. It's going to be very difficult to change national policy on school security. It's only slightly less difficult to change state policy. But a hand full of activist parents could very likely get metal detectors, armed guards, etc. at their one school if they were given the freedom to vote with their money. And they would also not have to demand that everyone else make the same choices.