GOP groups taking advantage of us disgruntled parents: “Public School Exit”

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. This frightens me. This right-wing group trying to encourage mass exits from our public schools.

If public schools cannot educate the children, why parents pay tax to support public schools?

We used to have a tradition in this country that all children deserved a good education and things worked OK for decades. In 1980, my district in Pennsylvania saw the school board taken over by a well-funded group of wealthy homeowners without kids in the schools. They did a pretty tidy job of dismantling programs, shrinking the school budget and openly stating that the schools were a failed burden on taxpayers rather than the engine that drew many of us to move into that district.

That's what happens when money gets people put in charge of public institutions with the specific intention of dismantling them. It works and we see it today with current administration. People have no idea how much money is behind these movements.

The problem is that schools are no longer just schools: they are bloated administrative behemoths that are not only supposed to teach, but feed, transport, and , yes, care for children for parents who cannot.

In a very real sense, schools ARE a failed burden on taxpayers. And until we stop thinking that we can save every.single.person. who makes s#!tty life choices, we will continue to see bloated systems and programs that are failures.

You know this is the tripe that billionaires feed you so you’ll vote for imploding our government to give tax cuts to billionaires, right?

Don’t be played by the very wealthy. It’s not good for you or your kids.

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I love our public school. The district is well run (not in DMV), the teachers are committed. My only beef is that educators & administrators have thrown out everything we knew about learning. We’re going through a very experimental stage, and the emphasis is on reducing classroom stress, making it easier and more play-based, more group work based. I can’t say the kids are learning much, so I understand all the disappointment. Admin have complete blinders on about this. They’re putting out bigger fires so I don’t expect any changes.

[Anonymous]

Ideally there should be a voucher system PLUS rigorous quality control (to prevent bogus charters and privates from tricking non educated parents).
Any system where the client doesn’t pay directly is by definition ineffective which we now see in public schools. They aren’t interested in retaining the client. Our state now mandates the funding to be based on the feb 2020 enrollment. What incentives do public schools have to retain students or do a good job? None

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ideally there should be a voucher system PLUS rigorous quality control (to prevent bogus charters and privates from tricking non educated parents).
Any system where the client doesn’t pay directly is by definition ineffective which we now see in public schools. They aren’t interested in retaining the client. Our state now mandates the funding to be based on the feb 2020 enrollment. What incentives do public schools have to retain students or do a good job? None

The government can't manage rigorous quality in the schools they run. I presume you want some outside accreditation agency, and I think those already exist.