Originally posted by carpedm9587
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"Appropriate funding" is not "throw money at it," and it was only one of four specific suggestions - not the only one. The fact is that local funding creates an unlevel playing field, and most of the "failing schools" are in these impoverished areas. It seems obvious to me that school funding should not be a function of the wealth of the local community. That is a formula for ensuring poor community will continue to be poor, and rich ones will continue to be rich.
As for devaluing teachers - I don't believe I at any point said that YOU devalue teachers - but teachers have been attacked locally and nationally for a few years now. Personally, I think it does harm to any group when the entire group is painted by the characteristics of the comparatively few bad apples.
We have monopolies in local, state, and federal governments. I think a single-payer monopoly would do a great deal to solve the healthcare problems in this country. We have local and state and federal monopolies for our road systems. I don't see our schools as any different. It's a service provided by the government using our tax dollars. And it's not a monopoly, Seer, when there is competition. There are charter schools and private schools in every city I have ever visited - and homeschooling is widespread. So your "monopoly" is a bit of a fiction.
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