Danivon,
Thank you for a well written post. I disagree with the premise of yours. It is not the children who are the consumer when it comes to purchasing the education. It is the parent's responsibility to ensure a proper education. Therefore, the parent's should be the ones procuring what they think is best.
Parent's should desire that their children are the best prepared for the workplace. I know I desire that for my children, as I would assume you do as well. If a parent is grossly lacking in that area, it is a state's responsibility to remove the child and make it a ward of the State due to bad parenting. That would require a judge, however.
You say the poor schools have gotten better over time. Should the children in those schools have to wait, or should they have had the opportunity to find a better school? I think they should have a choice.
We differ at a fundamental level about whose responsibility it is. I say parents, and you say government. We must agree to disagree that I want choice in education, and you do not.
Thank you for a well written post. I disagree with the premise of yours. It is not the children who are the consumer when it comes to purchasing the education. It is the parent's responsibility to ensure a proper education. Therefore, the parent's should be the ones procuring what they think is best.
Parent's should desire that their children are the best prepared for the workplace. I know I desire that for my children, as I would assume you do as well. If a parent is grossly lacking in that area, it is a state's responsibility to remove the child and make it a ward of the State due to bad parenting. That would require a judge, however.
You say the poor schools have gotten better over time. Should the children in those schools have to wait, or should they have had the opportunity to find a better school? I think they should have a choice.
We differ at a fundamental level about whose responsibility it is. I say parents, and you say government. We must agree to disagree that I want choice in education, and you do not.