[lightman]

arth ping

[JSM_Liberty]

“about $7,000 to $10,000 in state funding each year for their education.”

Would that cover a full year’s private school tuition in many states?

[Reddy]

Awesome and will hopefully start the dismantling of the NEA/teacher’s unions hold on the country and our children.

[1Old Pro]

School choice is good, but only if there are reasonable alternatives as far as location and quality. The more competition the more value in choice and the better outcomes which will eventually allow public schools to wither on the vine.

[Lake Living]

There’s some good arguments in this piece and Republicans need to be wise in how they implement school choice programs. I personally like the idea of a scale that helps the lower rungs of society and gives the haves some but not as much. We know the Dems and teacher’s unions will fight against these school choice programs. We don’t want to give them unnecessary ammunition to fight against them or bankrupt the existing programs before they have a chance to mature and hopefully be successful. It seems to me also that state departments of education could serve as clearing houses for best practices and state established standards that school choice programs could be judged against or establish why their programs are better. Additionally, and hopefully, choice programs would take that responsibility on themselves. We may not be able to ‘kill the beast’ but perhaps give good alternatives and blunt some fangs along the way.

[skimbell]

“Every lawmaker across the country should know that they need to listen to the demands of families, or else they'll face the consequences in their next election."

Right.
Let me know when you've got that commiecrat election cheating under control.

[TBP]

Liberals oppose this for one simple reason: You don’t educate your slaves.

[Wonder Warthog]

Any public school which loses a student should have the full cost of that student to taxpayers transferred with the student to the new school.