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originally posted in: Centralizing education: good or bad?
12/31/2013 1:58:08 PM
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I am skeptical of centralized control, because I believe programs are most effective and accountable to the people they affect when they are closer to those people. I have no real knowledge of how education funding works, and here is what makes sense to me. -Federal standards. A loose set of standards ensures that students across the nation meet minimum requirements. Any federal funding should be in the form of a block grant, rather than open-ended matching. -State oversight. The state should enforce the standards. It should also have the flexibility to experiment with its own programs, and provide assistance to low-income areas. -Local control. Schools are run and funded by their communities, and the administration are easily accessible to parents and teachers. I honestly think the problem is more about how we view education as a society.
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  • [quote]-Federal standards. A loose set of standards ensures that students across the nation meet minimum requirements. Any federal funding should be in the form of a block grant, rather than open-ended matching.[/quote]We already have what's called the 'Common Core.' There's only three states that don't follow it (including Texas). [quote]-Local control. Schools are run and funded by their communities, and the administration are easily accessible to parents and teachers.[/quote]Almost all state funded schools are ran locally. But when you fund it locally, you create a huge disparity among the quality of education the poor, middle class, and rich receive.

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  • Edited by Bistromathics: 12/31/2013 4:10:01 PM
    Sounds good to me. State funding could make up for the lack of money in low-income areas. Perhaps it would also help to subsidize the cost of private school education for low-income students or those in underperforming public schools.

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