The government school monopoly is an expensive failure. As I wrote last year.
If Winston Churchill was commenting on America’s government schools instead of the Royal Air Force, he would have said, “never have so many paid so much to achieve so little.”
The good news is that more and more people understand the system is failing, which is why we have seen great progress on school choice in so many states.
The bad news is that the government monopoly continues to resist. Check out this tweet from Corey DeAngelis.
For background purposes, charter schools are basically a halfway approach to school choice. They are government funded, but can operate with considerable autonomy and they produce significantly better results than regular government schools.
But teacher unions and other supporters of the status quo resist charters just like they resist private school choice. Protecting the monopoly is always the top goal.
What’s especially nauseating in this case, however, is that the government schools in Madison County do a very bad job, even when compared to other Tennessee government schools.
And I’ll close by pointing out that this should be a civil rights issue. Madison County has a large share of minority children in its government schools. These are the kids who would most benefit by being able to opt for charter schools.
Or, even better, private school choice.
It may be time to privatize public school assets and let the private sector compete in the education of children with diverse interests and needs. A video camera in the classroom may be an option to help teachers and students focus on what matters.
What we observe in our post modern government education in the US is the weaponization of the Prussian system. The Prussians intended to produce citizens who were malleable and submissive and willing to take orders and do what they were told without asking a lot of pesky annoying questions.
Now the Prussian System is weaponized and produces illiterate degenerate criminal idiots.
THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT!!!