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I won't deny the school system has issues, but school choice in many cases is funneling tax dollars to religious schools or allowing other private companies to
by another_story 5y ago
I won't deny the school system has issues, but school choice in many cases is funneling tax dollars to religious schools or allowing other private companies to bilk tax dollars while providing substandard education.
I've worked at public, private and charter schools, and all have issues.
- SllX 5y agoIf we’re going to be taking tax dollars anyway to pay for education, I honestly don’t care what type of school they go to as long as the family gets to make that choice. My bet is it probably would be a funnel for religious schools initially and controversially, but it would also open up opportunities for secular private schools to enter the market down the line.
- another_story 5y agoI think many people would have issues with their money going to fund schools with extremist views.
- SllX 5y agoGiven that I have no idea what definition of extremism you’re using, I’m going to sidestep that one. But I can put this out there: I’m not particularly happy about my money going towards religious schools either, but I have known many people in my life who have gone to such schools who I am happy to have known and their educational upbringing has not been to their detriment to the point that I consider it a non-factor in my view of them so: money follows the child (or some variation thereof) and family picks the schooling. If my money is going to be taken from me to fund any amount of schooling, I am a lot happier with that compromise than I am with my money being used to continue the same kind of public schools I attended in a diminished and uncompetitive educational market.