BBtB, the biggest issue I see is that if the schools were still government funded, the problem wouldn't go away. The problem is not necessarily government mismanagement, it also has to do with available tax dollars. For example, the amount of money Fairfield has available to devote to education is much more than Bridgeport has, and the schools reflect this. So private institutions fully funded by the government would not work, which means the students would have to pay. The students that we are trying to help are the very students that would not be helped, because they wouldn't be able to afford to go to the better schools.
Here's an idea that would require a lot of work, but if executed properly, would improve the education system. Have a nation-wide education tax that went into one huge pool. Then, the money would be divided based on the number of students in each school. True, some schools might have some cuts in funding, but it would definitely help some of the schools in low-budget areas. Of course, the first problem I see is that with the current administration, this education tax would probably be cut to almost nothing immediately to help fund- I mean fight-'terrorism'.
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