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That wont work. Increasing funding of a school does not improve quality. Allowing families to choose what school they go to, and as a result which school they

That wont work. Increasing funding of a school does not improve quality. Allowing families to choose what school they go to, and as a result which school they fund, forces schools to compete on quality or go out of business. The only arguments I have heard against school choice are from teacher's unions that claim that nobody would go to their school if they had a choice. Good! That means you are failing at your job. You should go out of business.

KingMachiavelli 5y ago
> Allowing families to choose what school they go to, This is a non-starter for any family that depends on public school buses to transport their kids to school. It might help to some extent in regions if schools are in close proximity but overall it just becomes "School choice for people with parents that can afford it". Plus I would be surprised if it there's a case the program led to a 'bad' school closing and a 'good' school opening on the same facility/location. What tends to happen (my state has this) is that rich/educated parents do everything they can to get their 3-5 year old into the best school and the poor/uneducated kids are still stuck at the 'bad' school. The 'good' school ends up with a large waitlist which wealthy parents work around by moving close enough (which costs more) such that the good school is the default school for them. The only equitable method would to make every school use a 100% raffle system but that's not logistically possible.
- tastyfreeze 5y ago
  Schools are not static. Some will fail. New ones will pop up. If there is a group of people in an area that are not served then somebody can create a school to serve them. Make the only government run part of the school system the funding attached to a child.
usaar333 5y ago
Do schools compete on quality of education or on self-selecting their students? I suspect it's mostly the latter, given how parents evaluate public schools as well. You end up failing at your job not by virtue of teaching worse (you might be teaching better), but in not figuring out how to bias your application/admissions process.

KingMachiavelli 5y ago

> Allowing families to choose what school they go to, This is a non-starter for any family that depends on public school buses to transport their kids to school. It might help to some extent in regions if schools are in close proximity but overall it just becomes "School choice for people with parents that can afford it". Plus I would be surprised if it there's a case the program led to a 'bad' school closing and a 'good' school opening on the same facility/location. What tends to happen (my state has this) is that rich/educated parents do everything they can to get their 3-5 year old into the best school and the poor/uneducated kids are still stuck at the 'bad' school. The 'good' school ends up with a large waitlist which wealthy parents work around by moving close enough (which costs more) such that the good school is the default school for them. The only equitable method would to make every school use a 100% raffle system but that's not logistically possible.

tastyfreeze 5y ago
Schools are not static. Some will fail. New ones will pop up. If there is a group of people in an area that are not served then somebody can create a school to serve them. Make the only government run part of the school system the funding attached to a child.

usaar333 5y ago

Do schools compete on quality of education or on self-selecting their students? I suspect it's mostly the latter, given how parents evaluate public schools as well. You end up failing at your job not by virtue of teaching worse (you might be teaching better), but in not figuring out how to bias your application/admissions process.