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In my opinion, the article does not address what I experience as the real problem in the field of education: total lack of freedom to choose. After confiscating
by eriksank 14y ago
In my opinion, the article does not address what I experience as the real problem in the field of education: total lack of freedom to choose. After confiscating ("appropriating") the budget from the pockets of the parents, the politicians add insult upon injury by deciding in the parents' stead what education should be all about. I just want a competing portfolio of education service providers of which I choose the ones I want to work with, and I pay them out of my own pocket. Why does this kind of freedom seem so impossible to achieve even in the so-called "land of the free"?
- codva 14y agoIt's possible, but you have to opt out of the system and do it all yourself. Neither of my kids ever went to school - both killed it on the SAT and other standardized tests while spending far less time on "school" than their traditionally educated peers. Not that I think standardized test scores really prove much, but if we are going to measure the success of education by them, then both my kids were wild successes, and neither ever went to school. Of course, that option is not practical for 90% of the population.