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I am a big fan of charter schools, however it’s not quite this simple. Conceptually this is the right thing. (Parents tend to know which schools are best) There

I am a big fan of charter schools, however it’s not quite this simple. Conceptually this is the right thing. (Parents tend to know which schools are best) There are lots of thorny implementation details. Moving to a system where schools can open and close quickly with kids not getting lost in the process is actually very difficult. As we see in Higher Ed, there can be a lot of abuse when the government acts solely as the payer or guarantor. I still agree with your central premise though.

syshum 5y ago
The problems are not directly transferable though, Higher Ed there is no pricing controls at all since it is debt funded backed by government with almost unlimited amounts of funding, this is what has cases the explosion in costs You will not, and can not see that with local schools because the majority of them comes directly from local taxation which can not simply print more money to fund their largess like the federal government does. Local tax programs MUST be revenue neutral for the most part, baring limited issue bonds for specific things like building a new building This will limit the amount of backpack funding that would travel with the student. Personally I would not only want to open the backpack funding to charter schools but also allow parents to use that money for Home Schooling curriculum, programs, or creating School "Pods" like we saw during the schools closures where parents pool resources to hire tutors for their kids I think we need massive innovation in schooling, including things like Homeschooling, schooling pods, MOOC's, and charter schools