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School funding
We pay a portion of our taxes to the state education. Currently, in Hampton, we pay over 50% of our taxes to school funding.
Public eduction is supported by the tax payers to the extent of $15,000 per student per year. Student competency testing clearly shows that a significant majority of 11th graders(60 to 70%) are not proficient in reading, mathematics, science and writing.
The problem with public education is that there is no accountability. No body, not the school board, not the state, requires strict evaluation of performance. It is like that at every expense category of the state. On the other hand, the charter schools are required by the same state to show performance in order to continue their funding. So, it seems that there is a built in pass for public schools. After all, the reason we have public schools is for the benefit of the students and students alone.
The state involvement in education must only be in terms of broad aspect of requirements and leave everything else to the local schools. Another way to bring accountability for the dollars being spent is to issue dollar coupons to parents that they can redeem at any school of their choice. A similar system has been in place in Sweden for more than ten years now. Sweden finishes above average in the OECD sponsored testing of 15-year olds while the US finishes well below average.
Public eduction is supported by the tax payers to the extent of $15,000 per student per year. Student competency testing clearly shows that a significant majority of 11th graders(60 to 70%) are not proficient in reading, mathematics, science and writing.
The problem with public education is that there is no accountability. No body, not the school board, not the state, requires strict evaluation of performance. It is like that at every expense category of the state. On the other hand, the charter schools are required by the same state to show performance in order to continue their funding. So, it seems that there is a built in pass for public schools. After all, the reason we have public schools is for the benefit of the students and students alone.
The state involvement in education must only be in terms of broad aspect of requirements and leave everything else to the local schools. Another way to bring accountability for the dollars being spent is to issue dollar coupons to parents that they can redeem at any school of their choice. A similar system has been in place in Sweden for more than ten years now. Sweden finishes above average in the OECD sponsored testing of 15-year olds while the US finishes well below average.
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