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Originally Posted by troutman
Call me a socialist, but I don’t think any child should get academic advantages because their parents are well off. Public school for all!
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It's funny, many have called me a socialist in the past. Possibly because, I believe we should fully fund education from 12 months to bachelor / trade level. With robust merit grants to support post grade learning and research.
But I also think that equal and fair are not synonymous. A kid with severe autism, vs an ESL learner, vs an elite athlete like Mckenna vs an 80th percentile student all have different needs, and exceptional students who will be the ones earning those research grants do have different needs too. Denying that is unfair to all of them.
I think of you want to pay for education that meets minimum standards, you should be free to without help from the government.
And I think if you want religious education it should fall into that category or happen outside of school hours.
But I also might have a more market based take in thinking that more than one style of school board or governance institution can exist without undermining the system, and log as funding the boards is equitable. For me this would include preK, daycare, school, college... There should be a fairly open public option for free with a relatively small premium option for those who do not want any funding.
And last I think civilly electing random unknown people to make the schools is among the worst ideas available. Maybe it should be an election held by parents councils and the active members within the schools, but general elections with low information voters is dumb.