All well and good. Except a bit more unlikely than revoking Medicare. Ain’t gonna happen.
Too many people think of education as a “right” to which all (even the willingly ignorant) must have “equal” access.
Large and intractable institutions can lose their legitimacy seemly overnight. Some examples are the Protestant Reformation, The American Revolution, the abolishment of slavery, universal sufferage, Jim Crow, equal work for equal pay, etc.
The truth is that states across this nation, and the federal government, are facing impossible budget pressures. The U.S. spends **more** on K-12 education ( not including college) than it does on the military ( federal, state, and local combined). Offering vouchers and tax credits of $3,000 to $4,000 per normal child and eliminating masses of government teachers, and other school workers, from future state pensions would do **wonders** for state budgets.
Also....With so much of the GDP going into K-12 education it is an enormous drag on the economy. This is money that could and should be invested in growing jobs. All the school taxes that are hidden in every product and service produced in the U.S. make our products uncompetitive abroad and drives businesses off-shore.
Once vouchers, tax credits, and charters are established, parents should gradually be expected to take on the full cost of educating their own children.