What/Who's In Your Wallet?

There are really only two types of education: public or private. I is all a matter of who is paying the bill, Most people go to public school where our government pays for the costs associated with education by using the revenue generated by our taxes. The goal is to insure that everybody has an opportunity for higher leaning.




At the other end of the educational spectrum are private schools. They claim to have a more serious attitude toward education as evidenced by their willingness to pay for it, In an effort to insure an elitism there are monies available on a need-based basis. It may not be easy but with enough hard work you can usually find a way to pay for it.



Now along comes charter schools to save all of the woes of public education but charter schools come to the education danceThere are really only two types of education: public or private. I is all a matter of who is paying the bill, Most people go to public school where our government pays for the costs associated with education by using the revenue generated by our taxes. The goal is to insure that everybody has an opportunity for higher leaning.



At the other end of the educational spectrum are private schools. They claim to have a more serious attitude toward education as evidenced by their willingness to pay for it, In an effort to insure an elitism there are monies available on a need-based basis. It may not be easy but with enough hard work you can usually find a way to pay for it.



Now along comes charter schools to save all of the woes of There are really only two types of education: public or private. I is all a matter of who is paying the bill, Most people go to public school where our government pays for the costs associated with education by using the revenue generated by our taxes. The goal is to insure that everybody has an opportunity for higher leaning. education but charter schools come to the education dance in costume. They are not who they appear. Their goals are more toward their own self interests instead of pursuing the advancement of their students. No Child Left Behind becomes Not My Child. That is the marketing plan that masks the school/company’s true objective, to make money for the corporation.



The government ends up funneling precious education dollars for questionable results. Good test results are easy to get if you are select enough with your students. The whoe thing reminds me of an old saying my father was fond of repeating, ”Figures lie and liars figure”.



I just want to ask, “Didn’t Ross Perot make a lot of his millions on government contracts?”.