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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need extensive vouchers. This will turn the public school system into a cesspit/last resort for most- pay very high wages and/or hefty SL forgiveness to attract teachers to those jobs (they still won’t stay long).

We can’t keep sinking all the kids to accommodate the small minority of very problematic kids. Let the rest go and learn elsewhere, in an environment not dominated by these issues and ineffective public policies.

Universal preschool for all US citizens also. Try to catch these problems early.

No school funding for non U.S. citizens. Proof of citizenship required. We cannot afford all of these extra children and have bigger problems to address. 
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Research is fairly clear that Quebec's implementation of universal preschool has had bad effects on students that were part of it. This is also true of other attempts, such as Tennessee's. But I am totally confident that the US federal government -- which cannot even stand up a working website to handle financial aid requests for colleges when given three years -- will do a bang-up job of implementation.[/quote]

+1. No universal preschool. I mean, it even hurts the kids you'd think it helps most - the underprivileged - compared to their peers.

But 100% yes to vouchers. Though I will say we need more privates before that would do anything other than make the intense competition for seats at independent schools even more intense. Getting building space in the DMV to host a school is expensive. Maybe once the public schools start shrinking as people flee, the counties can rent those buildings back to privates and make money to subsidize the vouchers?[/quote]

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