Topic > Vouchers and Late School Choice - 546

School Choice: Late This document sets out my position on school choice, what I believe is the ideal school choice program, and the steps that need to be taken to have successfully implement school choice. First, the idea of ​​school choice is not a new concept. Those who could afford it always had the choice of school. Now, as a potential option for multiple parents, your choice will be limited by the amount of money and type of resources (transportation, political influence, etc.) you have. I support the idea of ​​school choice that allows parents to select their child's school. school. However, as choice is now being offered, this empowerment will not happen for all parents. Those with the least amount of money and resources will have the fewest choices. In cases where low-income parents do not have transportation to the school of their choice, the closest school will most likely be their only option. Furthermore, where will the additional money come from when lower class parents don't have enough to pay for the school of their choice? According to economist Lester Thurow (1996), the middle class was created by government investments in education, that is, public education. I count. School choice appears to be the government's way of sharing wealth with the middle class as well as providing more schools to choose from. This effort appears to be an attempt to widen the ever-narrowing gap between the middle class and the lower class (i.e. the working poor). School vouchers or educational opportunity grants may even entice parents who send their children to private schools to send them to public charter schools, thus reducing the spending they now spend on education. While school choice does not guarantee a quality education or employability of graduating students, I believe school choice will provide competition and have a positive influence on operational efficiency. Based on the conditions of some inner-city public schools (dilapidated infrastructure, lack of access to technology, few and/or outdated books, etc.), there will likely be even fewer students in traditional public schools, with a positive effect on reducing the number of students. classroom size. This could make teaching in a traditional public school more manageable. In the readings one argument in favor of school choice was that children who might otherwise fall through the cracks will be given the option of an education better suited to meeting their needs..