j.r. leonard

It’s the same with the school debate. Every dollar we give in vouchers to profiteering charter school companies takes money that could have been put directly into the public school system and not line any pockets!

No offense, but your views on these things are so fundamentally naive and complete ignore the reality of how public services are provisioned in poor and non-white communities

Vouchers and charter schools are different. Charter schools have some success in some specific areas, usually areas where public schools failed bc of poor administration. They are comparably worse as the public schools system improves. Prob even out at slightly below avg.

Vouchers don’t work much of anywhere if the standard is educational attainment. My understanding is that most parents like schools that reflect their social values instead of provide a good education, so educational attainment is only relevant for we nerds.

Then perhaps schooling should have less to do with parents personal preferences and more to do with high public educational quality. Amazing idea I know.

This is the trend. People with money get choices. Poor people get their lives designed and dictated by well-meaning technocrats. Is it crazy to suggest that maybe this way doesn’t lead to the best outcomes?

A lot of public housing failures were, in part, bc they didn’t involve the affected communities. That doesn’t mean it can’t work, and I think part of New Jersey majorly improved their public housing by including the communities of color in design.

Absolutely right. Which is why I’m open to all manner interventions, so long as they involve the people being targeted, but remain skeptical on public housing built specifically for low income people How is that different from your position?