Quote: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.

So giving government funding from taxes for private k-12 schools is good but not for public colleges so kids can go to college? There is something really flawed with that logic.


Colleges and public schools are different beasts. We are in agreement that the early years systems are flawed and need fixing. However, I want to a private school for K-8. I had a personal interest in space and the sciences. Not only were they secondary to the "education" I was taught but completely contradictory to the actual facts of the universe. I'll leave it up to you to figure what kind of school that was. The point is some kind of standards needs to be in place.

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