Don't Force Schools to Reopen, but Don't Force Families To Pay for Closed Schools Either

Summary: School closures have affected at least 55 million K-12 students in the U.S. since March. As we march closer to the fall, a debate about reopening brick-and-mortar schools is heating up. President Donald Trump and others are pressuring all schools to reopen in the fall. Teachers unions and other groups are saying that schools should stay closed unless we pour over 100 billion new federal dollars into the system. Both sides are missing the mark. Putting power into the hands of families would give schools incentives to provide their children with a good education. That's how the education system should work. We should fund students instead of systems. The power should always be in the hands of families instead of bureaucrats. Proponents of educational freedom have always known this. But the powerlessness of families and their children caught up in pandemic politics makes it clearer now more than ever before.

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Submitted July 10, 2020 at 05:44PM by punkthesystem https://ift.tt/2BYyYWS