Randall Hinton’s Weblog

I’m not sure vouchers are the simple solution. While a choice on education is a valid concern, public schools aren’t necessarily the biggest problem. In some cases it’s the kids; some the parents; and some it’s both. How our kids are educated, whether it be in a public school or a private school, begins with how we raise them in our homes.

Consider this:
Some kids don’t care about school.
Some parents don’t care about their kids not caring about school.
Grades go down.
Parents blame the teachers.
General public sees the school as a bad institution.
Referendum 1 comes into play.

I agree with having more education choices, but Ref 1 has too many problems still.

That’s my two cents.

I agree whole heartedly that parents are primarily responsible for the education of their children. I think that is part of the issue that this addresses in a round about way. In a perfect world I would much rather that the government just get out of the education system, stop taxing the people for that service altogether and allow people to pay directly for the education that they want to have for their children. Now understand that would be in a perfect world, and their is plenty of reeducating that would be required for a lot of parents to be ready for that. We have all been trained, taught, and educated to abdicate our personal responsibility to something authoritarian like the government. What I do see that this law starts to accomplish is introducing a little more freedom and choice into the educational world. Competition in the market will always lead to a more efficient product both on the Public and Private side of education. Who wins then…everyone, as Adam Smith said that invisible hand helps everyone out. So is it perfect…No, is it a step in the right direction? I would say yes.