Sorry! But middle class parents are very loyal to their child's ( so-called "good") government school. In communities such as mine there are NO private schools and NO charter schools. Parents are very wary of voting for vouchers that they perceive will hurt their child's government schools. They also see vouchers as a way to take money from their child's government school so that the poor in the inner cities can have the privilege of attending private schools when their child can't.
Also, in my county the population is **fiercely** loyal to and supportive of the government school monopoly SPORTS TEAMS! ( Yes, I am shouting! I am completely exasperated with such shallowness!)
In my county the government school is the single largest employer. Then add to this all the businesses and employees who supply goods and services to the schools. There are even people like my dentist who receives a goodly portion of his income through school dental insurance.
With all of these people sucking a living from government schools I **KNOW** that no church in my county will open a private school that would accept vouchers. NO minister in my county will bite the govenrment school hands that put money in his collection plate.
Every Republican running for office shoould swear to actively advocate for a $6,000/per year/per child tax credit for private school tuition.
Every Republican saw what happened in Utah. Middle class voters turned out to vote down vouchers by 60% to %40! Given that resounding defeat for vouchers in Republican dominated Utah I surely don't expect Republicans in my state to offer up vouchers any time soon.
That would revolutionize the nation.
The following would revolutionize the nation:
Conservatives create private scholarship foundations that would award private vouchers to kids attending private schools. These foundations could also sponsor individual teachers who could then set up micro-schools, mini-schools, dame schools, one room school houses, virtural schools, tutoring centers, and homeschool cooperatives.
The private foundations could certify the curriculum and teachers, and test the students. The foundations should also set up sports leagues to break the government monopoly on team sports. <
The Prussian style, brick and mortar school should be avoided. First, they are expensive to build and there are many health, zoning, and employee taxes and insurances issues. Second, with today's technology education can be delivery far more efficiently and with more flexibility and individuality than in a large bureaucratic, lock-step settings. Finally, it is cruel warehouse children and to treat them like prisoners.
Yes! Conservatives could do this, **IF THEY WANTED**! We are a wealthy nation! Not only could we offer and outstanding conservative education to every child in the nation, we could likely do it for every child in the world. We are that rich!
The vouchers would need to cover the full cost of the education. Unfortunately government is giving its education away ( to the parent) for the cost of $0! Conservatives must match the price of $0 to the parent if we are going to wean them away from their government school. Free babysitting is powerfully addictive.
If Harvard and hundreds and thousands of colleges across this nation can have an endowments in the billions and multi-millions then conservatives could do the same for K-12 education.
In fact, conservatives MUST act now!
If we do not rescue our nation's children from the government schools, and SHUT DOWN these indoctrination camps, the Marxists will win in the voting booth! The Marxists WILL succeed in indoctrinating the next generation of voters, and we will all become slaves!
Yes! It **is ** that serious!
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My plan is better and would be assured of incredible success.