Thread by @DeAngelisCorey

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?🤔

Public school districts in several states weren't reopening for in person instruction

But then opened the same public school buildings for in person childcare services

And charged families hundreds of dollars per child per week out of pocket
reason.com/2020/11/03/cov…

The public sector employees remained at home

Private sector employees provided in person childcare services

Families got the short end of the stick and had to pay twice.

We should empower families by funding students directly.

Why the difference?

Incentives.

One sector receives children's education dollars regardless of whether they open their doors for business.

The only way that we're ever going to fix the messed up set of incentives that's baked into the public school system is to fund students directly and empower families

Fund students, not systems.