Raising the Bar on Education
March 16th, 2008 Posted in Education, Governor Mitt Romney
Governor Mitt Romney has said that closing the achievement gap in our schools is the civil rights issue of our time.
I would like to hear your reasons to agree or disagree, until then here are my Reasons to agree with Romney:
- Sure, if you want to pay for your kid’s education, you can spend all you want, but it is not fair that the government should spend more on kids from high property tax areas than they do on low property tax areas. If the government is going to pay for education, the quality should be the same for all kids.
- Education is the thing that will most help those who’s civil rights have been trampled in the past.
- The best way we can make up for the poor way we treated blacks in the past, is by assuring their kids get a good chance to succeed. People don’t need a handout, they just need to be be given the same chance as everyone else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achievement_gap
March 17th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Hummmm, could you clarify better? Those that live in higher property tax areas have better schools, and those in lower tax areas need better schools, who is going to pay? Yes it comes from the government, but then those who live in higher tax areas would be paying for those in lower tax areas? I agree all our children should get the same schooling. I’m just confused on how this would be done? And it isn’t just blacks who have had to struggle. And is it fair to those who have worked so hard to get where they are, to not be allowed the schools they are paying for via taxes? I can see why Mitt said this is the civil rights issue of our time. Very good post!