What You Should Know About School Choice
Are you skeptical of school choice programs? Do words like private schools, charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits make you uneasy? If so, Prof. Angela Dills argues that there are four things that you should know about school choice before dismissing it as a viable improvement to our education system:
- School choice doesn't require parents to bear the full cost of educating their child.
- School choice lowers the cost of schooling.
- School choice raises the quality of schooling.
- Low income and minority students are more likely to benefit from school choice programs.
Dills argues that the American education system is failing our children. We have thrown money at the problem for years with little or no effect. School choice, when it has been tried, has lowered the cost of schooling while maintaining, or even improving, the quality of education.
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My concern has to do with government oversight through vouchered tax money. Religious private school receiving tax money may mean government say in curriculum and content!
Grant Walker
She may teach at Providence College, but she's representing Stonehill College in this video :)
Great video, but I think it missed an opportunity to address one of the left's biggest fears about privatizing education: the reappearance of segregation. You can argue de facto segregation already exists in many urban areas, but the concern remains for many that private schools, particularly those with religious affiliations, in smaller communities may exclude some students on the basis of religion, ethnicity, etc.