An important question this article ignores, is why private school vouchers are chosen over public schools?

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I see inner cities getting the most benefit but rural America will still struggle. That’s a tough nut to crack since the population density is low.

    That amusingly enough is also a reason why public schools cost more than private schools.

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      3 months ago

      Rural tends to spend less per student. Schools are funded by local taxes for the majority of the expenditures. When most your population is below poverty level income, you just don’t want the tax base. You also can’t get private schools to compete for the 10 kids in the class. So that’s one scenario I don’t know what the right answer is.

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          3 months ago

          Since they’d still have public school, their situation would stay the same but it would improve the education of millions of poor minority children.

          I think that’s a good thing.

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              3 months ago

              Or it improves. It’s their choice. Right now public schools have a monopoly and vouchers break that monopoly. They can either improve or fail.

              Either way the children benefit with a better education and that is what is important.

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                  3 months ago

                  We’ve already done in to inner city kids since the 1970’s.

                  I am a big advocate the education is the way to solve income disparity. The solution isn’t wealth distraction. It’s making sure every child has a quality education.

                  Also when you first start there will be a limit to capacity. The private schools around today would be the ones children could attend. It’s take awhile to get a school up and certified. Overnight there would be little change and over years it’d make a positive outcome.