4 ms·

> The wealthy parents sent their kids to private schools and try to defund public education They didn't say sending kids to private school was a way to activel

> The wealthy parents sent their kids to private schools and try to defund public education They didn't say sending kids to private school was a way to actively defund public education just that wealthy parents do both which is true. What's your motivation to vote and support politicians that advocate for better funded public schools when it doesn't effect your kids but raises your taxes?

mcntsh 3y ago
Everyone wants well-funded public schools because they produce safer and better communities. Can you think of many safe and affluent cities in the US that have poorly funded public school programs?
- verall 3y ago
  People supporting voucher programs don't want well funded public schools.
c22 3y ago
Maybe you'd like to see the public school system improve so your grandchildren can attend it? Maybe you just want assurance that the serfs flipping your burgers can accurately read the sanitization instructions on their equipment? People are all different and their motivations are complex. Not everyone is angling for ultimate personal advantage and maximum externalization of downside, even amongst the wealthy.
- GoldenRacer 3y ago
  Sure, hypothetically. It's just not what I'm seeing the wealthy parents in the town I grew up in doing. Most of them are fighting for school vouchers so they can divert money from public schools into their private schools.
  - zaphar 3y ago
    Continuing to poor money into a system that isn't working isn't a solution to the problem. School vouchers offer the potential to poor that money into a system that is working instead. Maybe that richer parent is trying to help not hinder other parents. Public schools appear to be fundamentally broken in many communities. More money won't fix that brokenness. Firing a bunch of teachers and administrators might work but good luck getting that to happen with the current state of education unions. Enabling parents to put their money into systems that aren't broken is a reasonable alternative to that.
    - verall 3y ago
      I say this every time that education unions are blamed, but there are many states which do not allow teachers to collectively bargain in any way, thereby completely defanging the "unions" which exist in those states, and yet students in those states have lower test scores and educational outcomes on average. There is already a live experiment where education unions are totally neutered, and it didn't fix anything. Private schools "work" because they get to expel anyone who doesn't pay enough money to outbalance any problems they cause. Public schools obviously cannot do this.
      - zaphar 3y ago
        I did not only blame the unions for the current state of things. I merely stated that they stand in the way of one of the potential solutions to the current problem. I don't find the debate of whether there is a hypothetical world where giving them more power would help the state of our schools particularly interesting or compelling. Private schools "work" because they get to expel anyone who doesn't pay enough money to outbalance any problems they cause. Public schools obviously cannot do this. This is an interesting statement that tries to attribute a private schools success to a single cause. I find this unlikely in an area where there number of confounding variables is so high. I also don't see why I should take the cause as true. But let's put all of that aside for a moment and ask the entirely reasonable question: "Why exactly can't the public school expel problem students?" If as you say it's the secret to a private schools success maybe public schools should think about copying it.
tnel77 3y ago
Do you participate in society? Do you interact with other people? Better schools could help make that a more pleasant experience.

mcntsh 3y ago

Everyone wants well-funded public schools because they produce safer and better communities. Can you think of many safe and affluent cities in the US that have poorly funded public school programs?

verall 3y ago
People supporting voucher programs don't want well funded public schools.

c22 3y ago

Maybe you'd like to see the public school system improve so your grandchildren can attend it? Maybe you just want assurance that the serfs flipping your burgers can accurately read the sanitization instructions on their equipment? People are all different and their motivations are complex. Not everyone is angling for ultimate personal advantage and maximum externalization of downside, even amongst the wealthy.

GoldenRacer 3y ago
Sure, hypothetically. It's just not what I'm seeing the wealthy parents in the town I grew up in doing. Most of them are fighting for school vouchers so they can divert money from public schools into their private schools.
- zaphar 3y ago
  Continuing to poor money into a system that isn't working isn't a solution to the problem. School vouchers offer the potential to poor that money into a system that is working instead. Maybe that richer parent is trying to help not hinder other parents. Public schools appear to be fundamentally broken in many communities. More money won't fix that brokenness. Firing a bunch of teachers and administrators might work but good luck getting that to happen with the current state of education unions. Enabling parents to put their money into systems that aren't broken is a reasonable alternative to that.
  - verall 3y ago
    I say this every time that education unions are blamed, but there are many states which do not allow teachers to collectively bargain in any way, thereby completely defanging the "unions" which exist in those states, and yet students in those states have lower test scores and educational outcomes on average. There is already a live experiment where education unions are totally neutered, and it didn't fix anything. Private schools "work" because they get to expel anyone who doesn't pay enough money to outbalance any problems they cause. Public schools obviously cannot do this.
    - zaphar 3y ago
      I did not only blame the unions for the current state of things. I merely stated that they stand in the way of one of the potential solutions to the current problem. I don't find the debate of whether there is a hypothetical world where giving them more power would help the state of our schools particularly interesting or compelling. Private schools "work" because they get to expel anyone who doesn't pay enough money to outbalance any problems they cause. Public schools obviously cannot do this. This is an interesting statement that tries to attribute a private schools success to a single cause. I find this unlikely in an area where there number of confounding variables is so high. I also don't see why I should take the cause as true. But let's put all of that aside for a moment and ask the entirely reasonable question: "Why exactly can't the public school expel problem students?" If as you say it's the secret to a private schools success maybe public schools should think about copying it.

tnel77 3y ago

Do you participate in society? Do you interact with other people? Better schools could help make that a more pleasant experience.