Quote:So it's not working. What's the solution? There are already magnet schools so there is the trade. Kids already have a choice between college and trade schools after that and you said it's still their choice. 

 

Why can we not make college free and focus on trades?

 

It's not working and there are already magnet schools in the public school system.  What about private schools and/or home schooling?  This leads us to the voucher system that would give parents the ability to remove their children from the failed public school system and give them a better education through the private system.  Rather than dumping more money into a failed system, why not redirect money into the parent's hands that gives them a choice?

 

Regarding a college education.  Rather than making college "free" I've already posted a solution to the problem that Marco Rubio has proposed.  The alternative that Bernie Sanders proposes is to tax those that earn more to make college "free".  Which is the more sensible solution?

 

Regarding trades, in my experience I've talked with several in the military that did a tour of duty as a recruiter.  They talk about kids that attempt to join the military, but they can't due to not being able to pass the ASVAB.  The ASVAB is kind of a "watered down" version of the SAT that tests for basic knowledge, mechanical aptitude, reasoning, etc.  These are kids that have high school diplomas or GED's which points back to the first part of this post.  These kids are pretty much destined to having to go back towards the trade school route.  In other words, their K-12 "education" has failed them.

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