(Yet Another Reason) We Need Vouchers
Here's a thought-provoking story: "Paid Consultants Replacing H.S. Counselors." In effect, it's about the privatization of the college advising process.
The only reason parents would pay "thousands of dollars," as the story notes, was if their children weren't being well served by the system in the schools. That's no big surprise -- think of the hidebound, sclerotic system where money is continually given, but less often makes it to kids or classrooms.
If parents could choose their childrens' schools, their needs would be met and the need for private college counseling would diminish. That would happen if there were vouchers. And the college counseling that would be in place to serve the children of parents who are willing and able to take their children elsewhere would "spill over" to serve the children of parents who might be less engaged.
Because there aren't vouchers, parents who care (and who can afford it) will continue to buy college counseling for their children. The children of those who don't (or can't) will continue to suffer. So much for "helping" the poor and unprivileged students . . . the ones oopponents of school vouchers claim to care so much about.
The only reason parents would pay "thousands of dollars," as the story notes, was if their children weren't being well served by the system in the schools. That's no big surprise -- think of the hidebound, sclerotic system where money is continually given, but less often makes it to kids or classrooms.
If parents could choose their childrens' schools, their needs would be met and the need for private college counseling would diminish. That would happen if there were vouchers. And the college counseling that would be in place to serve the children of parents who are willing and able to take their children elsewhere would "spill over" to serve the children of parents who might be less engaged.
Because there aren't vouchers, parents who care (and who can afford it) will continue to buy college counseling for their children. The children of those who don't (or can't) will continue to suffer. So much for "helping" the poor and unprivileged students . . . the ones oopponents of school vouchers claim to care so much about.
posted by LadybugUSA at 9:32 AM
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It's amazing the current socialist primary and secondary educational system has lasted as long as it has. It is so unlike any successful American undertaking.
It's to the shame of our political leaders of past decades that they so neglectfully out-sourced primary and secondary educational design to an anti-American, socialist organization like the teacher's union.
Shame on them all. The U.S. will continue to pay the price for this debacle for years, maybe decades to come.
Just ask yourself this question: Why is the primary and secondary state-run educational system failing while the market-driven post secondary educational system in the U.S. is the envy of the world?
The answer: There is no freedom of choice in primary and secondary education. With Post secondary education, Americans have choice.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Major educational reform is coming to the United States. It cannot be stopped.
There is already enough success in enough alternative schools to prove a better system is possible.
The next step is for demand to reach critical mass.
I don't think it's going to happen in the next couple of years. But, it will happen.
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