CleanAirIsMyFetish t1_iu28ogu wrote
Reply to comment by Mark4Gov in I am Mark Tippetts, Libertarian Candidate for Governor of Texas by Mark4Gov
This is a gross oversimplification of how funding works. Schools require a huge amount of overhead and the idea that their funding can ebb and flow at the whims of wherever students parents want to drag them each year is unsustainable. Imagine having to fire or hire large numbers of staff each year because it’s not in the budget now or you don’t have enough teachers to students? Now add that to the already growing problem of teacher burnout and shortages.
CouldNotCareLess318 t1_iu2n1rc wrote
> Imagine having to fire or hire large numbers of staff each year because it’s not in the budget now or you don’t have enough teachers to students?
Wouldn't this create competition in educator roles? That seems like it'd be a good thing, no? Everyone would have to compete for the business, just like most other businesses
CleanAirIsMyFetish t1_iu2sncn wrote
Children’s education isn’t something you want to mess around with like that. It’s not something you can just shrug your shoulders and say “oh well, maybe next year”
Striking-Screen-3619 t1_iu9344m wrote
Thank you for your feedback on this topic. Competition in the end would benefit students, teachers, and the school administration because they would need to perform at a certain level in order to continue to receive the funding. Think about for profit companies and their models. I understand that it’s vastly different than the current public education tax-payer funded system. But, our kids need something vastly different because they are currently left behind when taxes increase because the money goes to the government bureaucrats rather than the students. The money in a for profit charter school would be appropriately allocated because it would require more transparency.
CleanAirIsMyFetish t1_iu9g2tp wrote
I agree that our kids are being left behind and that the current system isn’t working but it’s not because there isn’t competition. It’s because schools are being defunded, teachers are under paid, there aren’t enough teachers and they don’t have the resources they need. Competition won’t help that, it will make the system worse because as we have seen in every sector of our economy, capitalism serves those at the top, not those at the bottom.
Striking-Screen-3619 t1_iu9p5h7 wrote
Who would be at the bottom if charter schools that are privately funded continue to succeed and multiply?
Striking-Screen-3619 t1_iu9po1a wrote
Schools are being defunded and teachers are being underpaid because of government bureaucracy, which has no checks and balances. Those in power take from the little guy and don’t perform, leaving the kids as the ultimate victim. They are never held accountable. Shareholders would hold charter schools accountable for performance. Yes, they would want to see a profit due to the ultimate result of the children’s success. The outcome is the kids’ success. I’m not seeing a negative here.
CleanAirIsMyFetish t1_iua6ajz wrote
Shareholders don’t care how the school performs or how well the students do. They only care about turning a profit with as little effort and investment as possible.
Striking-Screen-3619 t1_iuablhi wrote
Charter schools, including for profit, are held accountable by governing boards, local school districts, and the state. How do you know the governing boards don’t care about the students? How do you know? I know for a fact that government elites only care about how many tax dollars they can personally gain rather than student outcomes.
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Striking-Screen-3619 t1_iu8dq3w wrote
Some chatter schools operate on a for profit model. They are responsible for reporting results similar to other for profit companies. In other words, students are expected to achieve and most do. Teachers are expected to achieve, administrators are expected to achieve because it’s all tied to the bottom line. You can imagine how much the Department of Education is threatened by this model though because it shows that a school can achieve results while making a profit.
CleanAirIsMyFetish t1_iu8ft25 wrote
That’s not scalable though and there will undoubtedly be huge swaths of the county that will be left in the dust because they’re poor. If the students can’t pay for the education who does? The DoE? Now we’re back where we started
Striking-Screen-3619 t1_iu8i00d wrote
Regarding the Department of Education, yes, they are threatened by these schools that currently exist. However, we should work to encourage more business owners to establish charter schools because they have proven to be successful. We can’t let government bureaucracy stand in the way of children’s education. Libertarian’s are ready for this. On the federal level the past two presidential candidates wanted to abolish the department of education.
Striking-Screen-3619 t1_iu8hp2y wrote
If the charter school is in their district they are not left out. Charter schools are free,. How is it not scalable if they meet the Department of Education standards?
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