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Originally Posted by Knut
Parents pick up the slack for the difference through extra fees and fundraising. I am not sure why that is an issue. Are you saying that the Charter schools should get "more" per child. OR that the programs should be offered at all schools ?
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I am saying there should be one system for education, the public system, and that they should make schools that handle diverse learning needs.
One of the misconceptions in public education is the idea that we should just throw all of the kids into the same classroom and call that good. If a kid cannot speak English yet or has some kind of disability or learns better when outside then the education system should be robust enough to accommodate that.
Similar to the charter schools, you could still have lotteries or whatever to get into these focused schools.
The differences would be in transparency in the funding, eliminating the waste of having a board of directors for every charter school, more streamlined maintenance services, etc.
If you really want to have a private school then it should be 100% private funded and still regulated by the public school system.