Holy Trojan Horse, Batman!
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Fair enough. Trump's plan, as stated in his agenda, involves closing the DOE and sending the money direct to states and guaranteeing it can be directed by parents who choose to do it.
That will still be vulnerable to state and city unions who loathe losing control and will work to claw it back. Their efforts should be fought against with every tooth and nail.
This has been happening repeatedly in many parts. I've seen it in L.A. County as charter schools are approved under law and certificates granted after agencies are obligated by lawsuits to do so, and then later decertified by administrative BS led by teacher union admins (not even the teachers themselves) and public school admin bureaucrats who want to claw back the funding and indoctrination power. It's definitely a war. But the more power the parents have, the better. If diverting DS resources to do it is possible, I'm all for it.
But in the end, a public commitment to an educated populace is a good thing. Public pooled resources are useful to accomplish that. But centrally controlling it is a big no-no.
For now, Trump is not in office, and his plan is not in effect. Our efforts must reflect our reality if they are to have any positive outcomes in the here-and-now. Vouchers, ESAs, and School Choice are DANGEROUS to homeschoolers. Private schools are in danger, too, for what it's worth.
I'm actually wondering what the legal definition of homeschool is state by state. Our state refers to it as "a non-accredited private school with less than one employee." How will this definition help or hurt us when and if education (rightfully) returns to the states? How else can we shore up the private and homeschool arenas so that they are immune to potential governmental controls?
Have you read The 1776 Report? I printed and bound that beauty the day of its release. https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/The-Presidents-Advisory-1776-Commission-Final-Report.pdf
I just pray that man gets into office. I don't agree with him on everything, obviously, but our freedoms were never more secure than with him in charge.
Yeah, that's a great document.
Ron Paul has a number of published positions on homeschooling, one of my favorite was when he said that "all these homeschooling programs emphasize that they teach according to government standards, but the whole point of homeschooling is to have your own standards."
I don't think you and I will agree. I think vouchers are a good way to wrest power away from the current corrupt structure while saving much of the infrastructure and of the good people inside the awful system. You think it's a Trojan horse. But it's only a Trojan horse when the bad people are pushing it. You might be right at a local level, but from what I've seen the bad people are lining up against it on a federal level.
I see it kind of like a fire department or a prison system. Both of those have ingrained unions that routinely hold the taxpayers hostage to their demands, with corrupt politicians happily giving away money that only their (supposed) constituents are liable for. Ending the corruption is necessary, but ending either department has serious consequences that are best avoided if you can do it. Obviously it's not a perfect parallel, but as far as it goes, I think school choice is a great step at the federal level.
WWG1WGA, fren.
Indeed. WWG1WGA, pede.