Greg Jaynes Wrote:
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> old man from dallas Wrote:
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> > I am going to drop this topic. There is too
> much
> > opportunity for discord, and we are mostly
> > expressing opinions. I have no desire to
> offend
> > anyone, and no desire to get into an argument
> over
> > the matter.
>
>
> There's nothing to argue about. The results are
> in.
> If desegregation was the objective it was an
> abject failure.
>
> No one argues for desegregation. That's bad for
> business.
> Everyone deserves an equal opportunity to prosper
> and
> be happy. That makes the economy work and everyone
> benefits.
> (Not to be too simplistic, but for brevity)
>
> What is the lesson to be learned from this
> history?
>
> Heavy handed government directives do not fix
> things. They create
> more problems. Instead of ordering people to do
> what they don't want
> (bussing their kids out of the neighborhood) it
> might have worked
> if there had been an incentive, positive
> reinforcement.
>
> There are ideas out there that do provide such
> incentives like school
> vouchers. The parents decide where their kids
> would go. Schools
> would compete for the voucher dollars. Competition
> is like a rising
> tide. It raises all ships.
>
> Respectfully,
> Greg Jaynes
Well, I thought I'd drop it. But school vouchers is a different matter from white flight (though related). School vouchers are simply a means by which anti-government folks hope to weaken the public schools further. They do not result in better education for all, but in poorer quality public schools as private schools get the funding that should be going to public schools.
Let's fund public schools at the highest level possible, so as to make sure that quality education for all, and for the good of the entire community including those who have no school age children, is available.
In places where school vouchers are in place, like Louisiana, the money is used to illegally support religious institutions at the expense of the public schools. I'm not saying there should not be private schools for those who want them. But public money should not be spent on them. For those who cannot afford private school, but want it, most such institutions have mechanisms to pay for those students also.
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> old man from dallas Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I am going to drop this topic. There is too
> much
> > opportunity for discord, and we are mostly
> > expressing opinions. I have no desire to
> offend
> > anyone, and no desire to get into an argument
> over
> > the matter.
>
>
> There's nothing to argue about. The results are
> in.
> If desegregation was the objective it was an
> abject failure.
>
> No one argues for desegregation. That's bad for
> business.
> Everyone deserves an equal opportunity to prosper
> and
> be happy. That makes the economy work and everyone
> benefits.
> (Not to be too simplistic, but for brevity)
>
> What is the lesson to be learned from this
> history?
>
> Heavy handed government directives do not fix
> things. They create
> more problems. Instead of ordering people to do
> what they don't want
> (bussing their kids out of the neighborhood) it
> might have worked
> if there had been an incentive, positive
> reinforcement.
>
> There are ideas out there that do provide such
> incentives like school
> vouchers. The parents decide where their kids
> would go. Schools
> would compete for the voucher dollars. Competition
> is like a rising
> tide. It raises all ships.
>
> Respectfully,
> Greg Jaynes
Well, I thought I'd drop it. But school vouchers is a different matter from white flight (though related). School vouchers are simply a means by which anti-government folks hope to weaken the public schools further. They do not result in better education for all, but in poorer quality public schools as private schools get the funding that should be going to public schools.
Let's fund public schools at the highest level possible, so as to make sure that quality education for all, and for the good of the entire community including those who have no school age children, is available.
In places where school vouchers are in place, like Louisiana, the money is used to illegally support religious institutions at the expense of the public schools. I'm not saying there should not be private schools for those who want them. But public money should not be spent on them. For those who cannot afford private school, but want it, most such institutions have mechanisms to pay for those students also.