“Taxpayers should be funding public benefits and not private enrichment.
At the Northwood Community Center, Ian Underwood gave a presentation on educational funding that basically told the audience that we were thinking about the wrong thing. Much of the debate in NH (and elsewhere) always has money at the forefront – instead, we ought to be mindful of student achievement first and then what is “fair” to taxpayers and what students are taught.
My thought? Too many people talk about having an educated workforce, with the emphasis on “workforce”. That’s not the same as what Ian was talking about: Educated Citizens. A rather big difference. Think of it this way – it’s the same difference, sorta, as what the First Amendment says about religion (“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof“) versus what Progressives tell us – merely the freedom to worship. Citizen vs a workforce drone.
A huge difference between living your beliefs and simply being in a building. Same thing – a huge difference that exists for the expectations of educating a Citizen versus someone that makes a wage. Don’t get me wrong – the latter also needs to be educated. Listen to the whole series.
Part 1:
Educated Citizens and not an educated workforce. Sorta like Freedom of Expression vs Freedom of Worship.
Part 2:
“Fairness should be about offering everyone the same education, not the same amount of money, not the same competency, not the same kind of pretty building but the same result. No more, no less, no matter where they live, no matter who their parents are, what their situation is.”
