http://www.bob-mcteer-blog.com/freedom-of-choice/ Bob McTeer's Blog Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:07:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bob-mcteer-blog.com/freedom-of-choice/#comment-2 Kent J. Lyon Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:54:18 +0000 http://www.bob-mcteer-blog.com/freedom-of-choice/#comment-2 As a believer in educational choice, I would advocate an immediate change in public education financing, by immediately allowing all public high school students to attend their school of choice, with the averaaage amount spent per pupil in the state following them to their school of choice. In my admittedly poorly informed perspective, the GI bill is the best evidence to date of the value of educational choice. Providing a similar opportunity to all students in primary and secondary education would likely have similar very beneficial results. From the study cited by Dr. McTeer, such a program would likely have a massive and beneficial economic impact on the state. The American public education system is one of our greatest liabilities, and one of our greatest failures, with few exceptions. It generates a great waste of human potential. We are not likely to long survive as a nation or a civilization with such profound disregard for our children as evidenced by out public education systems As a believer in educational choice, I would advocate an immediate change in public education financing, by immediately allowing all public high school students to attend their school of choice, with the averaaage amount spent per pupil in the state following them to their school of choice. In my admittedly poorly informed perspective, the GI bill is the best evidence to date of the value of educational choice. Providing a similar opportunity to all students in primary and secondary education would likely have similar very beneficial results. From the study cited by Dr. McTeer, such a program would likely have a massive and beneficial economic impact on the state. The American public education system is one of our greatest liabilities, and one of our greatest failures, with few exceptions. It generates a great waste of human potential. We are not likely to long survive as a nation or a civilization with such profound disregard for our children as evidenced by out public education systems

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