Controlling education is a political life source for the Democratic party in the U.S. One of the largest, if not the largest, unions is the teacher's and they are a major donor to the Democratic party.
Thankfully, the one good thing about the shutdowns has been the ability for parents to observe a couple things:
* how little the school system cares about the child
* the indoctrination and political ideas being passed to children
There are a number of states that have passed a "school choice" this year and its a rapidly growing movement. The idea is primarily to tie the funding money to the child rather than to the land. It generally means that if you move your child from school A to B, without school choice, school B wouldn't receive the money because it was bound to A.
Heres an article from Reason talking about West Virginia passing the school choice:
Thankfully, the one good thing about the shutdowns has been the ability for parents to observe a couple things:
* how little the school system cares about the child
* the indoctrination and political ideas being passed to children
There are a number of states that have passed a "school choice" this year and its a rapidly growing movement. The idea is primarily to tie the funding money to the child rather than to the land. It generally means that if you move your child from school A to B, without school choice, school B wouldn't receive the money because it was bound to A.
Heres an article from Reason talking about West Virginia passing the school choice:
https://reason.com/2021/03/23/school-choice-is-coming-to-uni...