The Case for School Vouchers

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John Stossel, Walter E Williams and Thomas Sowell comment on how market forces can improve education in America.

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Look at the ... ( 5 months ago by jeredweaver1of1)

Look at the profession of Teaching beyond the statistical perspective. Put your feet in the teacher's shoes and the majority (and John Stossel) wouldn't dare to compare teaching to other professions based on pay, vacations, and funding. There is SOOO MUCH he didn't mention> This video makes teaching like a walk in the park. It truly is not. This is not the type of job that you simply clock in and clock out. You deal with 10's to THOUSANDS of different mentalities. It's not a linear experience.

Jered, nobody is ... ( 5 months ago by truthadvocate)

Jered, nobody is saying that teaching is easy. As long as the government has a monopoly over education, good teachers will never receive the higher salaries they deserve. If parents could pay the schools directly, the money wouldn't be lost in layers of government bureaucracies. Plus teachers are forced to work for worthless administrators under the public school system! Administrators that never receive any punishment for treating teachers like shit. Some of my best friends are teachers. I know

School voucher ... ( 5 months ago by picapauengracado)

School voucher isn't exactly free market, but it would introduce a market on schools, where parents decide which school to put their children on, rewarding the best teachers and the best methodologies.

don't hassle the ... ( 4 months ago by fornello123)

don't hassle the stossel

i'm a teacher at ... ( 4 months ago by kdawg860)

i'm a teacher at LAUSD, the 2nd largest school district in the nation, and it is atrocious here. fortunately autonomous charter schools are opening up that are doing much better, pay teachers better, have higher graduation rates, etc etc. having less gov regulations does wonders.

The Dem opposition ... ( 4 months ago by JohnR22926)

The Dem opposition to vouchers is disgusting. Our public school system (K-12) is badly broken...particularly for kids in the underclass and lower middle class.
Yet the Dem's only proposal is (money for) more of the the same. Know why? Because their single biggest voting bloc and campaign contributor is the Teacher's Union. It's like the NRA is to the Reps. The Union roars and the Dem mouse scurries. The kids? Fuck 'em...they don't vote and their parents (being poor/ignorant) don't either.

jered: My sister ... ( 4 months ago by JohnR22926)

jered: My sister recently retired after a career teaching gradeschool in the inner city. It was enormously difficult and frustrating. But, her pay was pretty good and benefits excellent. She retired at 60 with a nice package.
BTW, she's adamantly opposed to the Teacher's Union and the entire bureaucracy of the govt run system. But, in her opinion, the fundamental problem is the culture of the underclass. It's so badly broken, the schools can't help much.

"Competition" ... ( 4 months ago by JohnR22926)

"Competition" within the current public school system will make little difference because teachers are still unionized. Even if a particular school closes, they'll still have a job.
Also, the entire process of a bad school "going under" takes many yrs to occur. Too hard for teachers to link daily performance to the eventual closing of their school.
Competition with the private sector is the only answer. Vouchers are a must, and the goal for public schools should be abolition of the Union.

I thought trial ... ( 3 months ago by Gerkinstock)

I thought trial lawyers were the Dems' #1 contributor, with unions #2?
The right to bear arms is in the U.S. Constitution; the right to a monopoly on public funding for public schools + federal gov't regulation of public schools is not.

I once asked a ... ( 3 months ago by Gerkinstock)

I once asked a professor of mine who opposed vouchers why he supported the monopoly on public funding public schools have (and one that does not apply to private universities). I've never seen someone so intelligent so completely unable to come up with a rational answer. He believed monopolies were a bad thing in the private sector but a good thing in the public sector.

BTW, despite his ... ( 3 months ago by Gerkinstock)

BTW, despite his intelligence, he did tell me outside class that he believed global Communisim would solve all the world's problems:(

gerkin: The " ... ( 3 months ago by JohnR22926)

gerkin: The "communism" comment is interesting. Marxism promises utopia; an end to war, racism, class hatred, etc. It's literally a "religion" for the secular. A philosophy with no loose ends that answers all questions and has a certain superficial logic. No wonder millions have been seduced by it.
And nothing has changed. We still have many people, some highly intelligent/educated, that believe Marxism is the ultimate answer. They simply cannot get past the utopain dream. Very sad.

Where does our ... ( 6 days ago by oneloved1)

Where does our Constitution give the Federal Government the right to control the education of our children? It's not there. Government-controlled education is a violation of our Constitution.
We wouldn't tolerate a monopoly like this in the private sector. Why do we tolerate such a dangerous government monopoly of our schools, which mold the hearts and minds of future voters?
America, WAKE UP! It's time that we, the PEOPLE, take back education from Big Government!

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