One of the other interesting facets of school choice systems is that in the places where it works well, like Denmark, a far higher percentage of available schools meet local scholastic goals and requirements and at risk students from low-income or disadvantaged immigrant backgrounds typically get more resources than other students, not some arbitrary uniform amount, because the system understands that there's a difference in need.
This proposed American system of school choice helping people avoid under-performing schools (if the parent is tuned in and transportation is accessible, of course) is doomed to failure. Successful kids will do little to no better and unsuccessful kids will do far worse, which is contrary to the entire purpose of a public school system. All of this aside from the fact that our school funding is tied to local housing revenues, meaning that at risk kids receive the fewest resources, which is a whole other conversation.
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Date: 2011-08-16 04:36 pm (UTC)This proposed American system of school choice helping people avoid under-performing schools (if the parent is tuned in and transportation is accessible, of course) is doomed to failure. Successful kids will do little to no better and unsuccessful kids will do far worse, which is contrary to the entire purpose of a public school system. All of this aside from the fact that our school funding is tied to local housing revenues, meaning that at risk kids receive the fewest resources, which is a whole other conversation.