Are public schools inherently destined to fail? If so why? If not why not? In the real world we are used to competition. If someone can make a better widget and sell it for less money we buy it. We are constantly on the search for better service or better quality or better price... Competition is seen as a good thing. When competition shrinks we get less choice and higher prices. Businesses are less inclined to respond to complaints, they tell people to go pound sand if they don't like what they are getting. Lack of competition is called monopoly and limited competition is oligopoly...both of which are ILLEGAL and subject to government action...except...in two places...public … [Read more...]
What’s your ideal educational system?
This from an article at The Freedom Foundation - author is Jamie Lund. You can get more information about him on his Facebook Page We spend ten billion dollars each year to assure that citizens are educated. The recent public debate over charter schools highlighted some strong differences of opinion about what the ideal education system should look like. The diagram simplifies the discussion. A system of public education can have many or few who are permitted to offer education. Likewise, a system can have one or many acceptable learning outcomes. Our current system in Washington is nearly a monopoly on providers and fairly uniform on learning targets. It is indicated by the red … [Read more...]