> They are ready to dump our schools.
Anyone who thinks this even possible, seriously
misunderstands the purpose of government schools.
They have nothing to do with topical education.
The goals of government schools are:
1. Perpetuation of the government school system.
2. Indoctrination of teacher union dogma.
3. [irrelevant - everything else is subordinate to 1&2]
Pretty well so, as predicted by the Iron Law of Bureaucracy.
The goals of government schools are:You're right about #1, if that includes getting as many leftist dunderheads on the payroll as possible and making sure they get as much cash and benefits as can be squeezed out of the beleaguered taxpayers.
1. Perpetuation of the government school system.
2. Indoctrination of teacher union dogma.
3. [irrelevant - everything else is subordinate to
1&2]
Your #2 I have a problem with. It's not the teacher unions who set the dogma. They are just willing and ecstatic robot warriors advancing the dogma handed down to them by the leftist professorial/media elite who have determined that socialism, diversity and appeasement are the only moral values in America.
I agree, and this is why this article, while possible and maybe even eventual, is still not imminent, because its not a technological problem. The government schools exists to build support for its own policies, it will fight any breakup of its near monopoly. The last thing it wants is ideological multiculturalism in education.
However, there is one more trend that is coming quickly which will help, the coming fiscal crisis and bankruptcy of many local governments. They will need to sell assets to survive, and schools may finally be one of them.