Short excerpt from Requiem for the American Dream, which I highly recommend.
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Chomsky on public education
Short excerpt from Requiem for the American Dream, which I highly recommend.
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I have a question if there is good budget which finance public education and healthcare well and there is sufficent investment in education and healthcare infrastructure.
ReplyDeleteIn this case voucher schools and voucher medical insurance wouldnt be benefitcial?
Hi Daniel:
DeleteIf we spend enough and evenly (meaning middle class and wealthy neighborhoods wouldn't have the best schools) why would you need vouchers? Vouchers are supposedly about choice (that's what the Friedmans would have said). If all schools are equally good there is hardly any need for vouchers. As it is we do not have a system with good public schools for all. And vouchers and charter schools have de facto been used to defund the public system. By the way, the wealthy and the middle class do not need vouchers to choose, they can afford private schools and houses in good neighborhoods. Vouchers are there to show that the less fortunate are also unhappy with the quality of education, and to help push for further privatization.