The $578 million school in Los Angeles.....

I don't think privatizing will be the answer, unless the question is "how do we keep a lot of kids from getting an education"

 

Whats that got to do with what I said?

 

Are you talking to someone else that I have on ignore and I've forgotten? Because you're asking me about something I didn't say.

 

I said privatizing it isn't the answer because some people will be denied an education. Unless it's open to everyone. Or they don't have an agenda in what they prefer to be taught.

I just fear that some privatized school would teach creationism in school instead of teaching evolution instead.

 

The thing is, they shouldn't be teaching creationism in schools. That's not the place for it.

And instead of going private, why not have the government spend some of the $$ they did on a pointless war, on education? Imagine if we put forth the $$ towards education, instead the military (not saying we shouldn't have one, but why not privatize that instead?)

 

$578M / 4200 students = $137K per. Doesn't seem all that expensive when you amortize it over 32 years (then it's no more than $17K per).

It's hard to say public education fails in comparison to ritzy private schools that cost the same or more, along with $10K (or more) donations per student per semester (by the parents).

We don't know if THIS school is going to succeed or fail, but for sure it should have every opportunity to succeed given the cost. Gotta try something new, and this is pretty much something new.

What's really questionable is considering this some sort of emergency stimulus spending. It creates 168 teacher jobs at 25 students/teacher. For grins, call it 500 jobs at $578M cost is ridiculous.

It's also questionable the propaganda aspect - spending all sorts of money on "the features include fine art murals and a marble memorial depicting the complex's namesake"

 

My whole entire schooling, from K through college, we never talked about creationism.

I can totally see why we'd want to ignore hokum.

 

Could you say that it works well too, based on the lack of the support given?