Episode 10: School Choice & Educational Reform. Chris, Brian, and Andy return to start a discussion on educational reform. Looking at the CLPVA platform they note the position that the “culture war fight over our children’s education has grown to a fever pitch and continues to impede the actual purpose of our schools – educating the next generation. To short circuit the culture war,” the CLPVA platform calls for implementation of school choice throughout the commonwealth and details five specific positions. In this episode, the team looks at the first two positions, while also addressing some of the objections and concerns to school choice.
- Counties and Cities should move to funding students rather than systems, and allow funding to travel to schools based on the decisions of families rather than bureaucrats;
- Currently existing public schools should no longer have geographic exclusivity in attendance zones, and should allow for choice throughout a county or city;
The pod ends with a few quick thoughts including some commentary on recent international elections.
Relevant links from this episode include:
- Chris brought up the movie “Accepted.” See more on that here.
- School choice increases racial segregation even when parents do not care about race, NIH, 22 Aug 2022
- Andy mentioned Chris Stewart. Link to his website and podcasts here.
- Six common objections made by opponents of school choice and why they are false, Washington Policy Center, 20 Feb 2023
- The conservative push for “school choice” has had its most successful year ever, Vox, 11 Sep 2023
- Why School Choice for Texas? A More Free and Peaceful State, Cato Institute, 03 Nov 2023
- As Universal School Choice Advances, Hurdles Remain, Cato Institute (podcast), 18 Oct 2023
- Brian brought up some recent international elections:
- Rothbardian Javier Milei Takes Control of a Major Country, Reason, 27 Nov 2023
- The World's First Libertarian President, Reason, 20 Nov 2023
- Poland’s president swears in a government expected to last no longer than 14 days, AP, 27 Nov 2023
- Dutch election: Far-right's Wilders aims to be PM after shock win, Reuters, 23 Nov 2023
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