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Originally Posted by GGG
I would have to look into how the WRP are defining school choice education.
I am in favour of a system where each individual can direct the funding for their child to the school of their choice provided that school doesn't charge any additional tuition.
This allows private schools to be created which are more efficient than the public and cater to needs to available in the public system. The biggest thing this will do is break the union leading to reforms for performanced based pay rather than tenure based pay. The best example of this system is sweden where I believe up to 15% of students attend these free private schools.
The most important thing if this is implemented is to have strict curriculem controls that ensure that religious school that definately will crop up are forced to teach Evolution and other scientific theories.
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I don't want to be the one to stir up a huge education argument again, but I just don't see how implementing a voucher system improves education. Looking stateside, all the voucher system has really accomplished is to promote some good private schools, while severely undermining the public system.
If the government is offering public education, what kind of message are they sending, by encouraging kids to attend private schools?
Finally, I am surprised 'school choice' is even a conservative position. Since when does gov. meddling in private business represent the ideals of small government? If the gov. wanted to be really conservative, they'd do away with the public system entirely. Of course, we know the majority of parents won't shell out 14 grand a year for tuition, so that's not an option.