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Originally Posted by Marcy
Oh please. The push towards private schools by "right-wingers" (like me) has nothing to do with religion. My family isn't even close to being religious. It has everything to do about education quality. I'm lucky that I can afford to send my kid to private school and am not stuck with the crap school assigned to me by where I live. It's a shame the poorer people, the ones liberals supposedly care about, don't get the same choice.
-Marcy
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That's what charter schools are about, right? See the Waiting for Superman documentary.
Problem with charter schools: 1) the premiere "model" schools cost a LOT, as much as 35k per kid per year. Holy cow, for that kind of money, we could send the kid to a good college. 2) many of them end up performing no better or only marginally better than the public schools. 3) getting in some requires a lottery (this provides the drama for the aforementioned doc). 4) the school can kick the kid out for poor performance. What? I could run any school and make it better if you let me kick out the sucky students!
We spend like 3% of the federal budget on education and there are talks of eliminating the dept of Ed altogether. Yes I know most funding comes locally, but still, that says something about priority. Imagine if the federal gov spent only 3% on Medicare, most of which money went to writing guidelines and testing local hospitals to shut down the crappy ones. Oh, and seniors, like kids, were not allowed to vote. I'm sure healthcare for the elderly would totally kick ass then.