2025 Is the Year for GOP-led States to Act on School Choice

Front burner or pedal-to-the-metal? We got em' by the short hairs. This is a state issue so perhaps next year(election) would be best for effect.

Then there are statewide elections in Va. & NJ this November. .

Pedal to the metal. Like Constitutional Carry a year or two ago. Look at all the problems with public schools from pushing sex onto little kids to teachers pushing anti Americanism if not outright communism. That’s to say nothing of poor results. Introduce school choice and you get rid of all that and introduce competition.....which makes everyone better.

You also break the back of the teacher’s union which is one of THE most destructive organizations in America and a huge supporter of the Democrat party.

It’s a boring issue with all the excitement going on with the national stuff but we got a chance to administer the coup de grace to the education establishment.

The enviro lefties are more crazy. Eliminate renewable subsidies and watch them get violent. It will not have a direct effect on anyone except those in the renewable business. Pulling the rug out from the educrats will force lazy parents to go to work.

I should add, school choice is very popular with poor and working class families who cannot afford to send their kids to good private schools. It is very popular for example, with Blacks. We can frame it as such. The rich and the upper middle class already have school choice thanks to their money. Providing vouchers to each kid just helps level the playing field for everyone else.

The Democrats will have a hard time fighting against that.

Which one would have the biggest effect on the Karens out there? I think it’s the enviro stuff. They’re not concerned with education. They don’t have kids, just cats.

In Japan, they rotate teachers among schools.

WIKI

The NFL draft, officially known as the Annual Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the most common source of player recruitment in the National Football League. Each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order relative to its record in the previous year, which means that the last place team is positioned first and the Super Bowl champion is last.

The original rationale in creating the draft was to increase the competitive parity between the teams as the worst team would, ideally, be able to choose the best player available.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_draft

It’s way past time for some shock and awe education reforms, gigantic reforms at the state levels. The Fed can compliment these state initiatives as well - This should be a top 10 priority of this administration.

WIKI

Bert Bell, co-owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, felt his team’s lack of competitiveness on the field made it difficult for the Eagles to sell tickets and to be profitable. Compounding the Eagles’ problems were players signed with teams that offered the most money, or if the money being equal, players chose to sign with the most prestigious teams at the time, who had established a winning tradition. As a result, the NFL was dominated by the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Giants, and Redskins. Bell’s inability to sign a desired prospect, Stan Kostka, in 1935, eventually led Bell to believe the only way for the NFL to have enduring success was for all teams to have an equal opportunity to sign eligible players. At a league meeting on May 18, 1935, Bell proposed a draft be instituted to enhance the possibility of competitive parity on the field in order to ensure the financial viability of all franchises. His proposal was adopted unanimously that day, although the first draft would not occur until the next off-season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_draft

Low-Tuition Cost Private School Models

Many of our fellow Americans live in areas where leftists have poisoned the school systems.

TRADITIONAL TEACHER MODEL

My primary model would have about twenty kids in a class and a tuition of around $4,000/year/student.

Each teacher would set his/her tuition rate and maximum class size and handle student admission. Homeowner associations might host hook-up events for teachers, parents and prospective students. Tuition might be paid monthly for affordability and two months in advance (so it won’t be problem for the teacher if the parents have a major car repair bill one month).

Men and women who have good English and math skills but lack high-value technical skills might choose to become such teachers.

Teachers might provide their SAT scores and college transcript information to prospective parental customers. Independent certification authorities might thoroughly test the teachers and issue report cards.

Classrooms might be set up in commercial space no longer usable for retail stores because of excessive minimum wages or shrinkage.

A classroom might have four rows of five students each and might be around 1,000 square feet in size.

The curriculum might be based on a traditional state model, a current state model, a proprietary model or the teacher’s own handiwork.

PARENTAL ASSISTANCE MODEL

The Parental Assistance Model would have a parent of each child assist the teacher for a period of two weeks each school year.

The teacher would provide necessary training for the parents during several weekends prior to the school year.

Parents who don’t have the time or skill to fulfill their responsibilities would have to pay and arrange for substitutes. At 35 hours a week for two weeks at $30/hour with employer taxation, hiring a substitute might cost $2100. High-income parents would often seek low-income household parents to substitute, thereby helping the low-income household parents pay tuition.

PARENT TEACHER MODEL

The Parental Teacher Model would be the lowest cost form. It would have a parent of each child be a teacher for a period of two weeks each school year.

Parents looking to participate would obtain the necessary training and certification from a specialized training organization over about 100 classroom hours prior to the school year. This organization or another would obtain and maintain the physical classroom space.

Parents who don’t have the time or skill to fulfill their responsibilities would have to pay or arrange for substitutes.

PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION FUNDING by SCHOOL PROPERTY TAX REBATE

To assist parents in paying tuition and to be fair to the parents, the amount of school taxes they (and perhaps the parents’ parents) pay on their residence(s) might be rebated.

Eventually, rebates might be paid for past year tuition as well, so if parents pay $8,000/year tuition for two kids and $3,000/year in school taxes, the $5,000/year difference could be rebated to the parents in the years after their kids graduate.

It is no longer possible for Republicans to reform systems at the federal level, so Republicans must enact state-level reforms.

Note that the property tax amount is generally less than a voucher would be.

Building up the private sector school system using market force will produce a better and cheaper school system than vouchers could.

Brian-very good but you are confusing the issue with logic.

As for the NFL that’s socialism.

Always wondered if someone challenged the NFL Draft in court, they would rule it illegal.