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Originally posted by MuadDib
Doing away with the DoE would only make things worse. Cutting bureaucracy does not mean abolishing it. Plus the problem is not within the DoE which serves the critical function of making sure that schools throughout the nation are equal and balanced (though it success is up for debate). The bureaucracy that is the problem is the administration of most schools that recieve a significant portion of school funding as their salaries and who have no direct contact or stake in the children.
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Schools will always have a hard time being equal; having a federal department that tries to make it so doesn't help anything. By setting the bar at a specific height, you only set a limit that no one has to exceed. What's wrong with letting families choose another school because they're not satisfied with the one their child is in?
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Originally posted by SkanK0r
Privatizing everything and setting up a system where every dollar is a vote puts all the votes in the hands of a minority - the super-rich.
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Er, no one said anything about dollars being votes. And schooling can (and should) be like any area in business: if a competitor offers equal services at lower rates, they will succeed. The easiest way to get ahead in business isn't always necessarily to offer the best product, but is instead to offer the lowest price. If you want higher quality, you pay a bit more.
The freer the economy, the freer the person.