In response to a message to Charles on ...
>How would privatization eliminate tax support?    
Last year I read one article that alleged that at least one proposal 
for private school vouchers concluded with the theory that vouchers 
could lead to a reduction in public support for education.  The 
proposal had several stages.  1) Introduce vouchers for private 
education.  2)Increase support for vouchers by increasing the amount 
of funding available. 3) As dependence on vouchers reaches 
significant levels, freeze funding.  As education costs rise, public 
support for education no longer needs to increase - effectively 
reducing public support as a percentage of overall government 
spending. 4) Reduce funding for vouchers - parents, already 
comfortable with paying for their children's education, will not 
raise much of a stink.
DT>I don't know the number of districts in our state.  As for setting their 
DT>own standard the answer is no.  All districts will be responsible to 
DT>meet the "Essential Learning" standards which from what I have seen are 
DT>very high.
But how specific are they?  Who establishes the evaluation criteria?
Chuck Beams
cbeams@dreamscape.com
http://www.dreamscape.com/cbeams
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