A globally competitive education system brought about by freedom of choice
Re: What policy impediments to innovation in government currently exist? In state & local governments and in actions by the judicial system, monopolistic impediments have been set up and maintained that restrict innovations in K-12 education. Existing schools and New Schools should compete on a level playing field. States should be allowed to reform an innovate in education without unnecessary restrictions being imposed ...more »
Re: What policy impediments to innovation in government currently exist?
In state & local governments and in actions by the judicial system, monopolistic impediments have been set up and maintained that restrict innovations in K-12 education. Existing schools and New Schools should compete on a level playing field. States should be allowed to reform an innovate in education without unnecessary restrictions being imposed by the judicial system. A state may decide to privatize their existing public schools, perhaps by giving them a 20 year zero-cost lease of the schooling building and allow these formerly public schools to compete with private schools for education vouchers granted by the state for all school age children in the state. Parents would be free to choose where to spend these vouchers - at existing schools that were formerly public schools, at existing private schools, or at new schools that would spring up due to the increased choices availble to parents. As in any other field, so too in education: free competition stimulates innovation & produces more successful results and a higher standard of living over time. Let's allow our cherished notion of free competition operate in education and allow us to develop an educated citizenry/workforce that can compete with other countries in the twenty-first century!
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