tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post5527135537940565542..comments2024-03-09T03:19:57.797-05:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: Public Education: How do we stop being everybody's laboratorySteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-21621378810531398382012-11-14T15:27:12.503-05:002012-11-14T15:27:12.503-05:00Perhaps a mixed approach is better. We can use so...Perhaps a mixed approach is better. We can use some of the schools or even classes within schools as laboratories. Don't force a one size fits all solution on everyone all the time. Rather, set up a volunteer program for students to choose their modality and track the results.The Last Ephorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546829944086243794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-57401075717322701142012-11-14T11:48:34.074-05:002012-11-14T11:48:34.074-05:00How about this - segregate the schools. Poor kids...How about this - segregate the schools. Poor kids in these schools; special needs in these schools; regular suburbanites in these schools. Start out giving them equal funding. But for every C the regular school student gets their parents are taxed $100. D = $200 tax and F is $500 tax. The monies collected are then distributed evenly to the poor and special needs schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-90334970676956516322012-11-13T12:04:41.402-05:002012-11-13T12:04:41.402-05:00No bomb throwing here. I 100% agree. That ungodl...No bomb throwing here. I 100% agree. That ungodly long list in your third paragraph has one thing, and only one thing, in common - Not one of those things listed (from standardized testing to Visions to RTTT) had anything to do with educating children.<br /><br />But here's where I see the need for you to duck :)<br /><br />"Then let's actually focus our resources an our attention on educating poor kids and kids with special needs for a decade, because (you know what?) middle class and upper middle class parents will find a way to get their kids educated to their specifications, especially if we make them rather than the government responsible for funding their experiments."<br /><br />Don't worry, I'll have your back.pandorahttp://delawareliberal.netnoreply@blogger.com