Educational System Reform : Value From Free Market Innovation

How profound are these ideas to kick start our educational system. The very basis of all of these new ideas is free market innovations. It's so simple yet so many cannot see or understand this principle of what works, shows success, will be accepted, and what doesn't work, provide for the needs of the educational community, will have to change or be closed down.

Like most other government run institutions, whether local or federal, one can always rely on the fact someone will have there thumb on the scale to make sure certain individuals or interested groups will benefit in some manner other then students. Waste and corruption of the system is assured.

How to Inject Choice and Valuable Skills into Education
Source: Jim Geraghty, "An Uber for Education," National Review, November 19, 2014.

November 21, 2014

What should real education reform look like? Jim Geraghty of National Review says the education system needs a total overhaul, and he has some suggestions:

• Real school choice: Why are parents limited in their choices of schools? All parents, says Geraghty, should be able to send their child to any school -- anywhere -- if the school will accept him. With parents and students as consumers, the best-performing schools would thrive, while poor schools would have to clean up their act, or fail.
• Trade schools: Does everyone need a college degree? No, says Geraghty. Trade schools -- where students can learn needed skills -- prepare students for the workplace and teach them how to master a trade, without the college price tag.
• Let businesses create schools: Geraghty suggests that allowing corporations to start their own schools would solve a problem that many businesses claim to face -- a lack of prepared workers. He suggests that a "Ford Academy of Automotive Engineering," for example, could offer standard core subjects while allowing students specialized training in a specific area.

Beyond these reforms, Geraghty stresses that parents and families play a vital role in a child's ultimate success, writing that a safe and supportive home life is critical to a child's achievement.