Where Donald Trump Stands on School Choice, Student Debt and Common Core
New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/where-trump-stands-on-school-choice-student-debt-and-common-core.html?-r=0
Key Points: Trump has varying viewpoints throughout the campaign and therefore it is difficult to know the direction he will take education. Transgender facilities are not currently on the agenda as Trump said in a April TV interview that transgender people should go to any restroom they want and student debt is a hot topic that has been noted in speeches as an issue to be addressed. Campus sexual assault and endowments are two areas Trump discussed during the campaign and these topics remain vague as well.
Relevance: It is still unclear the changes Trump and his crew will make to current policies.
Audience: Population of the USA
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DeletePresident elect Trump’s policy on education may be reflected in his choice for Secretary of Education. Betsy DeVos, when asked if it was their intent to “destroy” public schools, answered:
ReplyDelete“No, we [she and her husband] are for good education, and for having every child have an opportunity for good education,” she responded.
“We both believe that competition and choices make everyone better and that ultimately if the system that prevails in the United States today had more competition — there were more choices for people to make freely — that all of the schools would become better as a result.” (http://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/2016/12/03/trumps-secretary-ed-pick-school-choice-work-chance-advance-gods-kingdom/)
I agree with DeVos because I contend the government’s privileged use of taxpayer money exclusively for public schools is a monopoly. A monopoly is the “exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action.” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monopoly)
Monopolies are not a good deal for society due to “allocative inefficiency - prices will tend to be higher, and output lower, than what would exist in a market with low barriers to entry.” (http://www.investopedia.com/exam-guide/cfa-level-1/microeconomics/inefficiencies-monopolies.asp) I believe school choice will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of public schools because it will force them to be competitive. School choice lowers the barriers to entry of private schools by allowing tax dollars to follow students to schools other that public. After all, do we not believe in increasing student’s opportunities to access their education?