No amount of funding has helped American schools to improve.  Every year the 
school budget passes.  The schools get millions more.  The performance 
continues to drop.  I do not believe that the tragic failure of American 
education is due to lack of funds.  I sent my kids to a private school 
because the education at the schools in our area is pathetic, in my opinion. 
However, I still pay for public education.  Many people cannot afford to 
send their children to a private school and they are stuck with the public 
school system.  The trouble with the public school system is not money it is 
politics.  If we could take the politics out of the schools and introduce 
academics the students would be better education and the country as a whole 
would benefit.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vitaliy" <spam@maksimov.org>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Using vouchers to improve the quality of 
schools(was:Education reform)


> William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
>> [...] if all the people who complained that private schools were
>> too expensive for them were willing to donate, say, 50% of what they
>> actually COULD afford to their public school, the public schools
>> could be a lot better.
>
> Free Rider problem. And I don't think pouring more money in a system 
> that's
> inefficient is a good idea anyway.
>
>> some of the red-tape associated with public money...)  (at least
>> here, the most common complaint about the schools is that they are
>> obviously under-funded; large classes, old books in bad condition,
>> lack of supplies, etc.  Other areas may have other problems.)
>
> Do you know how much money the schools in your area get per child, per 
> year?
> I imagine the cost of books is a small fraction of that money, which means
> the schools have misplaced priorities.
>
> Vitaliy
>
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