2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Rath]

Kasz216 said:

Rath said:

I only commented on the parts I actually kind of cared about. But he is an impossible idealist and would make a rubbish President because of it, he wouldn't know how to compromise and he would never gather enough support in both houses to push his ideas through. He'd be reduced to using his power of veto against bills he didn't agree with, which would be most of them, and as such gridlock the government (which to be honest seems mighty easy to do in America).

The problem about poor people getting shitty and cheap education is....

 

right now poor people get shitty and expensive education.... so shitty and cheap education would actually be a plus.

Private and Magnet schools(schools that are public but lack government oversight past the individual school level) far outperform public schools... even when you take everything into account.  (That is the private and magnet schools that accept students soley from random lottery.)  The teachers who work in the private and Magnet schools actually make LESS then their public school compatriots in the same districts.

I think what the US needs to do is abolish the Department of Education and School Systems, and instead let public schools run independly vs each other... and you get so much money per student.

Make schools compete vs each other, rather then having a monopoly in one area to where you know you'll always have students.

I'm not automatically against that idea (though I have reservations). But I am automatically against properly free market education, that would clearly just hugely disadvantage poor kids.