Quote Originally Posted by Navaja View Post
The solution to education is private schools.
Remove the school tax from property taxes and let each school manage their own system and each parent select the school that is more adequate for their children.
Not all states link property taxes to school funding any more.. Michigan was that way until the mid 90's and then they tied it to the lottery and that is when funding started it's downward trend here.

Private schooling is not really the answer either as then you would have those that charge exorbitant tuition and "buy" the best teachers etc and the families that could not afford it would have to go to a school that has substandard teachers because that is all they can afford... oh wait that is the current situation anyway.

Of course this is a political one.. but the thing I find interesting is that it is the only issue that most political parties are in agreement ( as in we need to do better education wise ) yet funding keeps getting cut and other legislation is either not pushed through due to the Teacher Union being against it ( pay based on performance has been tried multiple times here in MI but keeps getting shot down ) or modified to death as a compromise.