Posted on 11/21/2004 12:25:55 PM PST by Robert Tracinski
In South Carolina, Governor Mark Sanford and the house leadership have been pushing for the "Put Parents in Charge" act--one of the largest "school choice" measures in the country that is based on educational tax credits.
It appears that the measure has sufficient support to pass the house when the legislature reconvenes in January and the proponents of school choice are engaged in a pitched battle against the teachers unions to sway public opinion and the senate between now and then.
If South Carolina does begin secede from the public education system--through the individual choices of one parent at a time--what impact would that have on other states?
Click here for an overview of the "Put Parents in Charge" proposal. http://www.scresponsiblegov.org/content.asp?catID=8090
Click here for the statement of Governor Mark Sanford.
http://www.scgovernor.com/interior.asp?SiteContentId=6&pressid=75&NavId=54&ParentId=0
" 'This proposal is a significant step forward on the education front for two reasons,' Gov. Sanford said. 'First, it's giving parents more choices to determine for themselves what's in the best interests of their own kids. Second, it brings a real market pressure to bear on the current system--something that's been proven to help improve performance at public schools where similar choice measures have been implemented. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone out there who doesn't believe that a parent engaging in their kid's education is a central component in producing better results in the classroom. We're all about giving parents in South Carolina both the opportunity and the financial incentive to do just that--and to make what's ultimately a much more important investment in the lives of their kids.'
" 'We are standing up for the rights of parents to make choices based on the individual needs of their children and refuting the long-held belief in education that one size fits all,' said Rep. Lewis Vaughn. 'Parents in South Carolina deserve the right to seek out alternatives when their children's needs aren't being met by the current system.' "
-- Shrikant Rangnekar
Parents must be incharge, we are always thier scapegoats! The Teachers will have to Teach!! Perform or else.
we should disband the ecucation dept and all its tenticls into public education....parents should take charge.
John Kerry: NO NO NO, lets pay the teachers more.
Did you go to public skools or something?
public schools belong to the teachers union and the liberals in washington .....
Bully!!!
Heh, heh. I almost feel sorry for the RATS. Just a few days ago they were calling for red states to secede but you just watch the consternation as they denounce even the thought of withdrawing from the public edumacation system.
Hehehe...i notist the sam thang.
Yes indeed. Why hasn't this happened under Bush. Maybe now with the Congress we can get it all back.
Well I guess we have to change that HUH! Demand the chnage be made.
The poster has reversed the author/poster information. Rob Tracinski is not the poster. He is the author.
"public schools belong to the teachers union and the liberals in washington ....."
There is absolutely no reason besides politics for any State
to be so heavily involved in the delivery of education. It is a perfectly legitimate goal to have education privately delivered, same as health care.
If we can have state of the art health care in privately owned and operated hospitals, we can do at least as well with privately owned and operated school systems.
amen
SC sounds like a good place to raise a family.
This would be great, I hope they make it happen.
Doing this in every state would solve SO MANY problems. The only thing needed would be making sure the elementary schools are accredited, just like is done already with private and religious schools at all levels.
And breaking the back of the Teachers' unions would destroy one of the last functioning bastions of commie/socialism in the world today.
Butt att lest yoo hav thee excus of beeing a hik okee hoo caint spel and has no cents of ironny.
Not that I have any hope of that. The state's rating is very poor. If she really is interested in helping to create jobs in SC., she would concentrate on doing her job. You can't bring business and jobs into the state if the people aren't well educated or the school systems are not attractive to people willing to relocate.
Oh, Let it be so!
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