Aren’t school vouchers just the extremists’ way to get their religious indoctrination centers funded as public schools?
Yes. Religious parents would love to save money on tuition for their private schools, and they would love even more to take money away from public schools.
And some rich parents want to send their kids to expensive private schools because they think, possibly accurately, that some of those schools provide high quality education. So if you give them money, of course they’re going to take it.
Its because these schools are all run by unscrupulous types. Yeah you get the voucher, good luck paying for tuition and the rest. Its clear this is a way to damage public schooling in my state while also giving a back handy to some friends. Axe that shit, and give the money to public schools. The only thing wrong with education is what we allow to happen by underfunding them
School vouchers suck.
I’m a huge fan of school choice, but to me, that means:
- multiple school options w/ no cost difference (so all tax funded, for example)
- sufficiently robust mass transit so kids can get to whatever school they want
- incentives for teachers to find a better fit for a student
“Vouchers” are a lazy approach here, and I would assume they would largely benefit wealthier families.
Teachers already have enough shit to do. How about properly staffed support positions like counselors to do that considering it’s already part of their job?
Sure. Teachers would just recommend students meet w/ the counselor if they think they’d have more success in another environment. The main thrust here is to not incentivize teachers to try to hold on to students for better funding or whatever.
We already don’t try to hold onto them for funding. I would love smaller classes so I can focus more on each student. It’s the admin and that we’re funded by attendance.
