[Carry_Okie]

Parents of children in "chronically failing" schools will be allowed to either (a) move into a different (non-failing) public school; or (b) take 80% of the school's funding associated with their child as a tax credit and apply that to enrollment in a private school. This is effectively a modified wimpy 'school voucher' program.

Guess who controls what constitutes a "failing school"? They will get the same amount of screaming and lawsuits they would have otherwise endured.

There is no political benefit to compromise with evil. If you are going to fix education, fix it all the way.

[alancarp]

I personally would advocate Classical Conversations as my own solution, since I believe the ALL public schools are failing schools. Yes, I'd burn them all down and start over, but that's clearly not going to happen.

However, I also reject the notion that this is a compromise: in the political world, there is no scenario in which a Democrat would ever 'compromise' with a school voucher program of any kind. No, I believe this is step 1 of a bigger plan... and clearly both an improvement and a big deal.

[fwdude]

There is no political benefit to compromise with evil. If you are going to fix education, fix it all the way.

Agreed. But sometimes you have to move incrementally, like the Leftists do.

Of course, we claim victory but never keep moving, so this strategy is toast for conservatives.

[wintertime]

I read parts of the essay to which you linked.

I liked the idea of “We Test, Inc.”

Also....Good point about lengthy educations curtailing fertility. It also keeps young people in a prolonged state of immature adolescence.