1. There is no reason reform should cost any money. Just fire the bureacracy and give control back to the localities.
2. The real answer is simply to get rid of the public schools altogether. Just give every kid a 10K voucher and in two years California will have the best schools in the world.
The real answer is simply to get rid of the public schools altogether. Just give every kid a 10K voucher and in two years California will have the best schools in the world.
I've been saying for years that kids should have a 100% option about attending at all once they learn the basics of reading, writing and some arithmatic, say around age 14. Those who don't want to learn just take up space anyway so they might as well be in front of the TV at home. This would cut costs and allow kids who want to learn have an environment of being with other motivated kids. NEA would freak, of course, at the reduced need for government-indoctrination-workers.