Posted on 04/15/2025 4:51:15 AM PDT by MtnClimber
In less than three years universal school choice policies have been adopted by 14 states, all Republican leaning. Given the growing desire of education reformers to make similar progress in America’s more liberal bastions, the recently formed Blue State Action Coalition asked Andy Rotherham, co-founder of Bellwether Education, to host an April 2 webinar on “How to Talk to Democrats about School Choice.” Joining him were two people who have had a lot of experience trying to work with the Left on improving America’s K-12 schools: Ashley Berner, Associate Professor of Education at Johns Hopkins University, and Chris Cerf, former New Jersey Commissioner of Education.
Here is a summary of the tips they offered school choice believers trying to engage a political liberal on the subject:
Do not start off by talking about the right of every family to choose its child’s school.
As much as this idea appeals to conservatives and libertarians, political liberals have a longstanding and sincere fear of turning K-12 education into an unregulated marketplace. Instead, begin with the one thing everyone left and right can agree on. As Cerf described it, “We want all children to graduate from high school having mastered, at minimum, the foundational skills necessary for a successful and fulfilling life.”
It’s hard to argue that the $900 million America currently spends each year on primary and secondary education is achieving anything close to this goal, and from there you can make a persuasive case for choice based on measurable outcomes. In other words, if your position is that providing families with a range of educational options, both public and private, has been shown to improve student learning while also equalizing opportunity, it is difficult for a Democrat to keep a closed mind on the policy.
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I am surprised that teachers cannot seem to see how much of an impediment that the overload of administrators causes, both in quality and expense.
The first thing you have to do is get them out of the “It Takes A Village” mode. It’s retarded. Raise your own tax deductions, idiots.
Tell them it is time for separation of School and State.
...sorry... ...my ADHD kicked in only getting this far...
...sorry... ...my ADHD kicked in only getting this far...
See! I told ya!!
I just tell Lefties I’m pro choice. Then I tell them “You ARE pro choice aren’t you?”....and watch them start squirming.
The reality is except for abortion, the Democrats/Left are the anti choice party. They’re the ones who want to restrict and ban and force people in just about everything from schools to speech to gun rights to taking an experimental gene therapy drug to transing the kids, etc etc. They’re consistently the most authoritarian busybodies imaginable...except that they want to kill babies.
>>I am surprised that teachers cannot seem to see how much of an impediment that the overload of administrators causes, both in quality and expense.
They do. It’s one of the reasons why almost ALL public school teachers send their own kids to private schools.
Donald Dems are why Deep State has to steal elections.
Better way to put it...
How to talk to Deep State’s minions about school choice.
And point out that the people behind these cabals likely don’t send their kids, if they have any, to publik skrewls.
Publik skrewl board members, too...
One no longer talks to a DemocRAT.
board members are elected, so it’s on the voters ...
I suspect it is because so many aspire to become administrators.
As if they care about the students. Its all about the teacher’s union and control of the children’s minds. My usual comment is “So, what kind of grade would you give our education system?” It doesn’t win a debate, because the student’s interests are of no consideration.
The writer is still living in a world where you can have rational conversations with Democrats.
Ozzie and Harriet are so dead.
“I just tell Lefties I’m pro choice. Then I tell them “You ARE pro choice aren’t you?”....and watch them start squirming.”
I do the same thing. Drives them nuts.
Yet, my dog has a higher IQ than 99.9% of liberals.
What a horrible idea, forcing local public schools to enroll whomever from wherever. That would destroy the community investment and flavor of schools—and force some districts to take on educating students beyond the community.
Just awful. And this is supposed to be some sort of conservative what?
“almost ALL public school teachers send their own kids to private schools”
Where is this the case?
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