Highly Recommended School Reform Piece in the Kansas City Star
I enthusiastically encourage you to read this op-ed in the Kansas City Star about school reform options and challenges in Missouri. It is written by our friend, Earl Simms, of the Children’s Education Council of Missouri. The op-ed focuses on the hotly contested issue of allowing and/or requiring children in unaccredited school districts to enroll in and attend public schools in neighboring, accredited districts. Enjoy and discuss, and thanks to Combest for the link.
Wouldn’t open enrollment allow parents to get out of poor districts and into ‘better’ ones?
The opposition would be from the ‘better’ districts whose residents have paid the high price/property tax for their homes only to have other people get the benefit of their school district without doing the same.
Nuts and Bolts question–Who would pay for student transportation from the unaccredited district to the accredited one?
Comment by Papillon — August 17, 2010 @ 3:30 p.m.
I believe the unaccredited district has to pay all the costs of the student attending the accredited district. I assume that includes transportation.
While I agree with much of it, I don’t necessarily agree with everything in this piece. I just thought it was well written and wanted to share it with our readers.
Comment by David Stokes — August 17, 2010 @ 3:42 p.m.