If “variety is the spice of life”, then why do we have a public Education system that restricts and monopolizes parents’ choices for their child’s education?
As long as the government is paying for it, they will need to control it. Assuming they adopt a voucher system, they aren't going to send it to the parent. They will want to know which 'school' she wants her child to go to. In BC, some schools only get 50% while schools which follow the BC government curriculum get more (75%?).. Better to simply remove all education expenses from provincial and municipal budgets. Maybe auction of the schools, allow the local school boards to buy them? Maybe thy can compete with the independent schools. But given the government is still running a deficit, taxes won't likely be reduced.
I agree Jim. I want government schools to compete for consumers dollars. If they fail to win any significant market share and go out of business, no one will miss them except the teachers union and the public Education cehtral planners
Do you really think the government would consider allowing any sort of fair competition with their education system? It wont likely work for welfare parents, maybe not for special needs families either.
I think you misunderstood my idea. There will be NO government schools and no Education taxes at the municipal level. I don't know who owns the schools, but I think the municipality built them. The local school boards could try charging parents enough to cover the salaries, rent (and Real Estate taxes?) to the municipality, and maintenance. I assume you meant say "former" government schools. The central planners might adapt by offering advisory counseling services to the former government schools. I guess the teachers unions would have to bargain with each independent school organization (i.e. former municipal boards of education) and compete for jobs. I assume the province would have to declare their contracts null and void since they would not be paying them any longer.
Of course, I'm dreaming in technicolour. None of the patronage parties would stop paying for the current education system and/or require their schools to charge parents for their 'services.' Eliminating the deficit would be a prerequisite. But it could be part of the answer to the question most Libertarians don't have a good answer for. "If you are elected, what would you do?" Education would NOT be the first thing we would tackle. Maybe eliminating corporate welfare would be the best first action.
I don't think I'm the only libertarian dreaming in technicolour. I don't think our platform can be implemented unless we somehow vault into power.
As long as the government is paying for it, they will need to control it. Assuming they adopt a voucher system, they aren't going to send it to the parent. They will want to know which 'school' she wants her child to go to. In BC, some schools only get 50% while schools which follow the BC government curriculum get more (75%?).. Better to simply remove all education expenses from provincial and municipal budgets. Maybe auction of the schools, allow the local school boards to buy them? Maybe thy can compete with the independent schools. But given the government is still running a deficit, taxes won't likely be reduced.
I agree Jim. I want government schools to compete for consumers dollars. If they fail to win any significant market share and go out of business, no one will miss them except the teachers union and the public Education cehtral planners
Do you really think the government would consider allowing any sort of fair competition with their education system? It wont likely work for welfare parents, maybe not for special needs families either.
I think you misunderstood my idea. There will be NO government schools and no Education taxes at the municipal level. I don't know who owns the schools, but I think the municipality built them. The local school boards could try charging parents enough to cover the salaries, rent (and Real Estate taxes?) to the municipality, and maintenance. I assume you meant say "former" government schools. The central planners might adapt by offering advisory counseling services to the former government schools. I guess the teachers unions would have to bargain with each independent school organization (i.e. former municipal boards of education) and compete for jobs. I assume the province would have to declare their contracts null and void since they would not be paying them any longer.
Of course, I'm dreaming in technicolour. None of the patronage parties would stop paying for the current education system and/or require their schools to charge parents for their 'services.' Eliminating the deficit would be a prerequisite. But it could be part of the answer to the question most Libertarians don't have a good answer for. "If you are elected, what would you do?" Education would NOT be the first thing we would tackle. Maybe eliminating corporate welfare would be the best first action.
I don't think I'm the only libertarian dreaming in technicolour. I don't think our platform can be implemented unless we somehow vault into power.