"COVID-19 didn’t break the public school system—in many ways, it was already broken.
The past year simply shined a light on the main problem with K-12 education in America: a long-existing massive power imbalance between the public school monopoly and individual families."
"The key takeaway is that the school reopening debate has been more about political partisanship and power dynamics than actual safety concerns and the needs of millions of families." edweek.org/leadership/opi…
"The main problem is the messed up set of incentives that’s baked into the public school system
And the only way that we’re ever going to fix that power imbalance is to fund students directly so that families can access alternatives and provide schools with true accountability."
"I wouldn’t have a problem with a strike by Safeway employees, for example.
In that scenario, families would be able to vote with their feet and go to Walmart or Trader Joe’s, and Safeway would feel pressure."
"But when it comes to a public school system without exit options, families are the ones stuck feeling the pain.
Funding students directly would solve the problem by empowering families."
"With all these programs, we fund people instead of buildings
• Pell Grants / GI Bill
• Pre-K programs
• Food stamps
• Medicaid
• Section 8
We should apply the same logic to K-12 and fund students instead of institutions." edweek.org/leadership/opi…
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let families take their children's education dollars elsewhere
"To cover the thousands of auxiliary positions as many union members remain home, LAUSD is hiring monitors at a rate of $14 to $30 an hour or more, as well as partnering with existing local day-care and tutoring organizations." nationalreview.com/news/la-superi…
safe enough for childcare workers but not safe enough for public school employees?🤔