I have been thinking about the recent Mississippi vote not to fully fund public school education. I realize it does little good to rehash old wounds, but sometimes a second look is warranted. That is especially true in light of the emotions that flowed so freely on both sides of the issue in the days leading up to the vote. So, putting aside the confusion caused by the ballot and the chancery judge issues that dominated the discussion prior to the people’s decision, I took a second long look at the main reasons people gave for voting against fully funding education. The primary issues I looked into were school consolidation, over paid school administrators, throwing money at education, and lack of performance and fiscal accountability. Rather
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Parents could truly embrace the idea of parental choice for education. Parents could have the choice to send their children to a private school, homeschool their children, or send them to the mall;
2. Parents could teach their children the way they were taught;
3. Parents could assign homework not too difficult for them complete with their children;
4. If we made America “School Free,” the national budget could be balanced and the national debt paid off with the money saved on education;
5. The cost of childcare for working parents could be drastically reduced. Parents could reduce childcare costs by dropping their older children off at the mall, movie theater, park, or zoo during the day. For younger children below the age of five, there would be an abundance of teenagers available and willing to babysit for a small fee since they would not be burdened by school. The law of supply and demand would ensure the teenagers did not get greedy;
6. Eliminating public schools would drastically impact the economy for the better:
a. Traffic at the mall Monday through Friday would increase dramatically as parents dropped their kids off at the mall on their way to work:
b. Revenue for businesses in the mall would
Parents could truly embrace the idea of parental choice for education. Parents could have the choice to send their children to a private school, homeschool their children, or send them to the mall;
2. Parents could teach their children the way they were taught;
3. Parents could assign homework not too difficult for them complete with their children;
4. If we made America “School Free,” the national budget could be balanced and the national debt paid off with the money saved on education;
5. The cost of childcare for working parents could be drastically reduced. Parents could reduce childcare costs by dropping their older children off at the mall, movie theater, park, or zoo during the day. For younger children below the age of five, there would be an abundance of teenagers available and willing to babysit for a small fee since they would not be burdened by school. The law of supply and demand would ensure the teenagers did not get greedy;
6. Eliminating public schools would drastically impact the economy for the better:
a. Traffic at the mall Monday through Friday would increase dramatically as parents dropped their kids off at the mall on their way to work:
b. Revenue for businesses in the mall would