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“Critics of charter schools argue they represent an attack on the public education system, erode the power of school boards and teachers unions, and can drain traditional schools of resources and more motivated families.” Sarah Carr
This is a very heated debate because there are a lot of things that are good about charter and private schools, but there are also bad things that come from them, just like any other education system. While I don’t think either of these other forms of education are detriments to the education system, in fact we really should have more options for students, but I don’t know if vouchers are the right way to go. In some ways it could go great; maybe the school board might actually do something about the public system and fix the problems in schools so that they can still have full classrooms. It might also even out the amount of students per classroom so it could help teachers properly teach the students and actually have time for them per the allotted classroom. But it could also decrease funding in the public school system, which is something we don’t need. I do think it depends on how it’s implemented, how many vouchers are given out (it wasn’t specific, just stated that it would depend on geographic), and then limited how many could go to each section.
Homeschooling on the other hand is a difficult subject for me. I do think that parents who choose to homeschool their kids, and properly homeschool them, should get the funding that they need. Regardless, it is teaching their students, and there might be reasons that they have to homeschool their children; autoimmune disorder or other types of illnesses and possibly even disabilities. However, there should be some type of way to make sure it is being done properly and to make sure that students are still within the learning curve of children their age.
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