It's SCOTUS season, and while we wait for the denouement of the Roe-Dobbs saga, the Court drops other decisions of consequence upon the American political landscape.
REAL school choice - where the funding follows the children - is a growing movement. We need citizens everywhere to engage their state legislatures and make this a priority. The data are on our side. For more: https://jeffmockensturm.substack.com/p/yes-your-public-school-is-awful
While school choice wasn't a thing when I was growing up, we did have options. Before I started 6th grade my dad pulled my sister and I out of public school and sent us to a Lutheran school. Thankfully they had financial aid so my dad was able to do this. When it came to high school, he opted us in to the "better" high school, because the one in our district wasn't the greatest. It's because of that that I am where I am today. School choice absolutely needs to happen. Our kids will be better off for sure
My parents sent me to a parochial school through grade 5, and a private school for 6-12. In both cases, they paid out of pocket, despite also paying taxes into the NYC public school system.
There was hard work and there were choices involved in doing so. Not exactly a "just" system.
Yep. And when someone (like our state legislature) proposes funding schools by another means, other than property taxes, the trusty teacher's union is there to smash it down
Check out WSJ editorial by Jeff Yass. Big respect from me. He and Bloomberg are onto something.
This one?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/school-choice-saves-money-and-helps-kids-education-charter-in-person-learning-remote-covid-11639340381
Yes. There is momentum building here. And resources available.
REAL school choice - where the funding follows the children - is a growing movement. We need citizens everywhere to engage their state legislatures and make this a priority. The data are on our side. For more: https://jeffmockensturm.substack.com/p/yes-your-public-school-is-awful
While school choice wasn't a thing when I was growing up, we did have options. Before I started 6th grade my dad pulled my sister and I out of public school and sent us to a Lutheran school. Thankfully they had financial aid so my dad was able to do this. When it came to high school, he opted us in to the "better" high school, because the one in our district wasn't the greatest. It's because of that that I am where I am today. School choice absolutely needs to happen. Our kids will be better off for sure
My parents sent me to a parochial school through grade 5, and a private school for 6-12. In both cases, they paid out of pocket, despite also paying taxes into the NYC public school system.
There was hard work and there were choices involved in doing so. Not exactly a "just" system.
Yep. And when someone (like our state legislature) proposes funding schools by another means, other than property taxes, the trusty teacher's union is there to smash it down