[RobbyS]

As a teacher friend of mine says, the schools are what they are because they are what the public wants. This is why all the money in the world is not going to produce meaningful reform.

[KC Burke]

The distiction is that this is one aspect of government that any small group of neighborhood hold the purse strings on. If you can't keep your taxes down elsewhere in the vast range of governement Takings, you can at least starve your school district through Property Tax and Levy defeats.

[thedilg]

You may have a point. On the other hand it is money that drives the present corrupt government schools.

Consider: School vouchers are provided to parents. The amount is usually 50%, or less, than the tax money spent on each student. This reform is a great money saving idea. The major payoff is breaking the repressive lock the NEA, through the government, has on the educational system.

Godspeed, The Dilg

[mrfixit514]

Well said. As an Honors and Advanced Placement teacher, I can tell you that as soon as you start holding the students accountable, you will get a tremendous amount of pressure from parents and administration to "lighten up". You have to give them what they want. But then they want to hold you accountable when no one is learning or passing standardized tests.