School
Choice, a message that resonates
Townhall – Tim
Phillips – 2/5/2013
On the
issue of school choice free market messaging has been exceedingly potent. The
winning message is first, every child deserves the very best education
possible, meaning we should allow a child's family choice when it comes to
which school they will attend regardless of economic standing, ethnicity, or
zip code. Second, innovation and reform to make our children’s' education
better should be celebrated rather than shuttered. This simple message
overwhelmingly resonates across party lines, across demographic groups and
emotionally reverberates throughout our country, because it eloquently
expresses a basic notion of fairness that seeks to protect those who are our
most precious asset - our children.
One of the
most successful state programs is in Louisiana New
Orleans
Government
employee union lobbies fight this change every step of the way. Just last year
the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), which has at least a 39 percent drop-out rate
and only 6 of 100 CTU students earn a bachelor’s degree, demanded additional
perks for teachers at failing schools. This organization is so out-of-touch,
their teachers were focused on haggling about the percentage of pay increases
while vast numbers of their students drop out of utterly failing public
schools. Such tone deafness is particularly inappropriate with some 12 million
Americans looking for work
A Nation
still at risk: The continuing crisis of
American Education and its state solution
12-page PDF
– Casey Given
Federal
education reforms fail in spite of huge spending increases (think teacher
pension plans)
Common Core
completely ignores a state’s internal inequalities in favor of uniform poor
achievement across the nation.
Charter
school competition motivates teachers and administrators to do their best in
imparting student with a quality education.
Cyber
schools spend only $6,500 per pupil on average compared to $10,615 in
traditional public schools and are extremely popular due to a rigorous
curriculum and are the next frontier in educational reform.
School
Vouchers
School
Savings Accounts
Merit Pay
and Quantitative Teacher Evaluations
The Parent
Trigger allows parents to petition to restructure their child’s school after it
fails to meet state proficiency standards for three consecutive years. If a majority of parents sign the petition,
their child’s school is required by law to change its administration, shut down
completely, or convert to a charter (but at what cost and loss to children
during at least three years of inferior instruction?)
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