http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/06/school-choice-garners.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Thu, 24 May 2012 00:36:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/06/school-choice-garners.html/comment-page-1#comment-2917 susan Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:08:29 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=5236#comment-2917 One of the problems that some choice in schools might solve is a situation in a rural district in Missouri, where a number of parents are choosing to home school or send their kids to private school due to a dysfunctional school board, an inexperienced superintendent, facilities problems, and an inability to pass a bond issue to fix its problems. Only when a sizable portion of the student population can choose to attend a neighboring district will this district understand its deficiencies and step up to address them. Of course, another possible outcome would be that the students would leave and the district would completely fail, requiring the state to step up and divide the district into surrounding districts to solve its problems. One of the problems that some choice in schools might solve is a situation in a rural district in Missouri, where a number of parents are choosing to home school or send their kids to private school due to a dysfunctional school board, an inexperienced superintendent, facilities problems, and an inability to pass a bond issue to fix its problems. Only when a sizable portion of the student population can choose to attend a neighboring district will this district understand its deficiencies and step up to address them. Of course, another possible outcome would be that the students would leave and the district would completely fail, requiring the state to step up and divide the district into surrounding districts to solve its problems.

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