Group contemplating challenge to UNC Affirmative Action

[Deacon923]

the "choice" is illusory.

also, all those buildings and property that, in jhmd-world, are slowly going to be drained of students and funding are taxpayer property. it's a complete waste of taxpayer dollars to keep the maintenance liabilities for those buildings on the taxpayer books (or worse, let all that accumulated capital rot) while sending the money for that maintenance to private businesses in the name of "choice" and "competition". Replacing the management at a given school with a charter organization with a proven track record of success is another matter entirely, and often may be a good solution.

The whole "let the invisible hand of the market sort it out" approach assumes a perfectly efficient market that does not exist. In jhmd-world, the inefficiencies in the real market will be borne by the taxpayer and by the poorest, least knowledgeable citizens while private companies pocket the difference.

 

[TuffaloDeac10]

the "choice" is illusory.

also, all those buildings and property that, in jhmd-world, are slowly going to be drained of students and funding are taxpayer property. it's a complete waste of taxpayer dollars to keep the maintenance liabilities for those buildings on the taxpayer books (or worse, let all that accumulated capital rot) while sending the money for that maintenance to private businesses in the name of "choice" and "competition". Replacing the management at a given school with a charter organization with a proven track record of success is another matter entirely, and often may be a good solution.

The whole "let the invisible hand of the market sort it out" approach assumes a perfectly efficient market that does not exist. In jhmd-world, the inefficiencies in the real market will be borne by the taxpayer and by the poorest, least knowledgeable citizens while private companies pocket the difference.

I don't have the first clue about most things regarding education policy, but this is what I meant by my question.

There's a 12 to even 20 year time between kindergarten and becoming a functioning adult. And it's very hard to figure out in real time how well the school is doing versus the kids' intrinsic abilities and motivation. Markets work great for cheeseburgers, bikes, and haircuts. You'll know pretty quickly whether or not you got a good one. I'm not sure competition in credence goods is analogous.

 

[PhDeac]

And competition between schools doesn't necessarily benefit taxpayers since competition can drive parents outside of the school system. If you have a small district with 5 schools, how does the district benefit if one school wins the competition and the other four decline while parents who can't get in the top school go to private schools?

 

[WFFaithful]

School choice, replacing tenure with compensation more responsive to the performance of the teachers (as measured by the parents and standardized testing) and nuke the bureaucracy from orbit and return control to the local levels. The more local, the better. Charter schools would introduce innovative thinking and let consumers pick the winners....as they do in nearly every other industry in our culture.

It would be funny if you (and millions of Rush's sheeple) didn't actually believe this.

 

[PhDeac]

"The customer is always right" is pretty much the antithesis of education.

 

[TownieDeac]

I wish Tuffalo posted more on the Tunnels.