Students Left Behind by Remote Learning
If you’ve read my posts here I am not a bleeding heart lefty, but hear me out.<p>Ban private schools (or pay-for schools) while also banning teachers unions. It sounds horrible and is probably unconstitutional. But I believe it would make for a better future.<p>If the affluent were forced to  use the public school system you could be damn sure it would have unbelievable funding either through taxes or really successful brownie sales. By forcing society to learn together we cut the bullshit and actually create this so called “equity” by ensuring schools are truly funded and more importantly looked after by the people that care. And either see the value in or have the time&#x2F;resources to see to it the schools are successful.<p>By banning the unions we remove the politics from it all. Teachers become well paid on a performance basis. Independent, local, citizen committees are in charge of evaluating curriculum and ensuring teachers are not incompetent or activists.<p>In essence, largely remove government oversight from schools. Let the community make the curriculum. Everyone has to use it.<p>There’s probably a million problems here. But I think it’s a massive improvement over the current situation.<p>Palo Alto, one of the wealthiest (and liberal!) places in America is shutting its high school down because everyone is rich enough to send their kids to private school. Insane.