But we are talking 50 + years ago, so you are right that the schools are in trouble. Personally I think it will be the first public school system to implode and go completely charter/voucher
The only way public schools can be held accountable is if people who send their children to private schools and/or homeschool were to be allowed to deduct this tuition from their local property tax. If the tuition is more than the property tax then people wouldn't pay any property tax.
Public schools would either improve overnight or shut down due to lack of funding. As for vouchers... while I do support the idea of school choice I am worried that government would still be able to exercise control over the schools that receive funding via vouchers. That's one reason to take the middleman out of the picture and have people pay private school tuition directly.
Of course, this idea completely contradicts my belief that personal property taxes should be outlawed by a constitutional amendment.
Nope, that “honor” belongs to the Chester-Upland School District in Chester, PA. They’ve been wards of the state with private companies running moost all the schools for at least 10 years now.
Funny, since the state controls the SD the place is still the same mess it was - they are still the worst SD in PA in terms of graduation rates and test scores.