Poor students deserve just as good an education as rich students, right? So why are so many stuck in failing public schools? Denisha Merriweather, who benefited from school vouchers, explains the problem and the solution.
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Students are held hostage in their geographical School Districts without school choice.
Why don’t parents have the right to send their children to better schools that provide better teachers, safe learning environment and better education?
Many times it’s a matter of school funding the District receives for “housing” students, not teaching them.
Yeeeeeah, I sorta agree.
Remember when public schools WORKED? Like back in the pre-60s era? Guess what happened?
Yep, liberalism happened. Discipline is OUT, kids run the institutions now. Obnoxious parents run the school now. Kids without fathers run the school now. Fatherless children’s mothers sue the school for every offense now. Teacher colleges crank out talentless dummies b/c no one wants to be a teacher now. Good teachers move on to other professions b/c it’s not worth the effort now. Unions over-protect teachers and can’t be fired now.
You wanna start all the crap over again at magnet and charters schools? Cuz, that’s what’s going to happen if it hasn’t already.
@cato
What you’re talking about is SCHOOL BUSING. Where failing schools, failing kids, and failing neighborhoods bus their kids clear across town to screw up the schools the rich kids have. So what happens?
The nice neighborhoods with people who invest in their schools either put a stop to it, or they move away so their kids aren’t beat up every day, or go to private expensive religious schools.
Nice try. Keep the disease in the ‘hood it was born in.
One day this failure in education called Public Schools will collapse under its own weight of corruption. It has been one of the biggest pig troughs of money skimming by every assorted schemer and scammer. I don’t think it’s enough to reform it, it just needs to be ended. Not only is it now a source for easy money by unions and corrupt administrators, it is now a hotbed of sexual predation by adults over students and students over students. Not only do kids not learn the basics, they are indoctrinated against their own families, country and God. It’s time to put an end to it.
Is school choice really the answer?
So, a parent can get a voucher in order to forward money to a private school. Isn’t that like where we are with subsidized secondary education where prices have skyrocketed due to colleges figuring out how to game the system?
@Super-Duper-Patriot
School choice: I pay exorbitant taxes for School Districts that are failing. Tax dollars “I” pay. Why can’t I choose to pay those dollars to the school that will meet the educational needs of my children?
That’s hypothetical, as we sent two of our children to Christian schools (without access to the $ we paid in taxes for education) and our two other children were home schooled.
The grandchildren we are raising (2) attend an out of District School system in a neighboring conservative, Christian Community. We travel 48 miles each day (at our expense) to ensure they are taught values consistent with ours and they have access to a School District known for excellence. No busing here !
I would think all parents should have a choice and play an active role in their children’s education. Leaving it up to government is why we have bloated, failing schools and failing students now.
We are fortunate, shouldn’t every parent demand their children receive a quality education?
Depending on the government to be fair and objective when it comes to education is catch as catch can. A lot of government financed charter schools are run by progressives and fail on a regular basis. Vouchers are just one option. Privately owned/operated schools and home schools are much better choices.
Please Trump, give me school vouchers!!!!!!