PUBLIC SCHOOLS: MAKE THEM PRIVATE

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The Washington Post
By Milton Friedman
February 19, 1995
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...private/5d5c9c9b-675e-451b-b106-6d9ba6dad2d1/


This is an old idea that is still as fresh and vital as ever. . . .

Abstract:

A voucher system that would enable parents to choose freely the schools that their children attend is the most feasible way to improve elementary and secondary education in the US. Such a voucher system will encourage privatization of a sizeable fraction of educational services. That will unleash the drive, imagination and energy of competitive free enterprise to revolutionize the education process. The competition will force government schools to improve in order to retain their clientele. Except for a small group who have a vested interest in the present system, everyone would win: parents, students, teachers, taxpayers, private entrepreneurs and, above all, the residents of the central cities.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09645299700000026

 

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The Washington Post
By Milton Friedman
February 19, 1995
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...private/5d5c9c9b-675e-451b-b106-6d9ba6dad2d1/


This is an old idea that is still as fresh and vital as ever. . . .

Abstract:

A voucher system that would enable parents to choose freely the schools that their children attend is the most feasible way to improve elementary and secondary education in the US. Such a voucher system will encourage privatization of a sizeable fraction of educational services. That will unleash the drive, imagination and energy of competitive free enterprise to revolutionize the education process. The competition will force government schools to improve in order to retain their clientele. Except for a small group who have a vested interest in the present system, everyone would win: parents, students, teachers, taxpayers, private entrepreneurs and, above all, the residents of the central cities.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09645299700000026

Won't happen, and if the Democrats get back power it will only get worse. Don't see how, but they will find a way.

Something needs to be done, and like fast

 

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Won't happen, and if the Democrats get back power it will only get worse. Don't see how, but they will find a way.

Something needs to be done, and like fast

It's a long shot, but the only hope we have for the survival of the Republic is to wrest control of the public education system from the political left.

See: Revisions and Divisions: the subversion of the principle of the separation of church and state

 

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Vouchers are nothing but another give away to the rich. Private schools charge more than the amount that public schools allot for each child, and the lower income people can't afford the difference. If the expensive private schools were required to accept the vouchers as full payment, then it would be a fair option. A voucher is nothing more than a publicly funded discount for the rich who can afford the full price without any discount.

 

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The Washington Post
By Milton Friedman
February 19, 1995
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...private/5d5c9c9b-675e-451b-b106-6d9ba6dad2d1/


This is an old idea that is still as fresh and vital as ever. . . .

Abstract:

A voucher system that would enable parents to choose freely the schools that their children attend is the most feasible way to improve elementary and secondary education in the US. Such a voucher system will encourage privatization of a sizeable fraction of educational services. That will unleash the drive, imagination and energy of competitive free enterprise to revolutionize the education process. The competition will force government schools to improve in order to retain their clientele. Except for a small group who have a vested interest in the present system, everyone would win: parents, students, teachers, taxpayers, private entrepreneurs and, above all, the residents of the central cities.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09645299700000026

Give Public schools choice like private schools have.....that's all that's needed.

 

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Vouchers are nothing but another give away to the rich. Private schools charge more than the amount that public schools allot for each child, and the lower income people can't afford the difference. If the expensive private schools were required to accept the vouchers as full payment, then it would be a fair option. A voucher is nothing more than a publicly funded discount for the rich who can afford the full price without any discount.

Nonsense! Universal school choice would induce competition and lower the cost of education.

 

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DO NOT CREATE THREAD TITLES IN ALL CAPS. WHY DO WE HAVE TO CLOSE A DOZEN THREADS A WEEK HAVING TO STATE THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER......