[patton]

So why don't we fix that? Would you give money to a charity with 61% overhead?

[firebrand]

I think the answer lies in privatizing-out parts of public school operations and thereby making it subject to the laws of competition between suppliers. Not just physical services but curricula as well. Philadelphia has done it--with varied success, but the system can be improved.

I believe the public-school system is too huge for our children's education as a whole to be improved by charter schools and vouchers--they will always be a drop in the bucket, as the intense competition for charter schools shows. We should instead work within the public-school system to make it successful.

We also don't want thousands of different philosophies separating us as a people. Who knows what's being taught at the This World Is Ours charter school? I know that the larger public schools are overrun with leftists, and that needs to be remedied as well.

[xsmommy]

what are you paying in local taxes per year?