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Posted on 7/24/14 at 5:39 am to Alahunter
Posted on 7/24/14 at 5:39 am to Alahunter
Oh Hunter. I love when we hit on our philosophical differences. At least fosters a decent conversation.
I believe your flaw here to be all you have is a hammer to build a solution and every problem is beginning to look like a nail. There's many places we can look to for less government or at least a more streamlined approach. Small Business in particular would do well to see less regulation and really anything that can be done to lower the barriers to entry and the cost of doing business.
I'm not sure education is one of those areas however. It's not that private schools can't do it better, as a student who went to one of Mobile's best privative HSs and a Louisiana public HS....the academic difference was shocking. In cities, there's something to be said for private competition. In rural areas though, there's just not many students to go around and the competition model simply won't work. This is where public investment is useful, to at least deliver a baseline education to all students. That's the usefulness of smart government. It's not beholden to the need for short term profits and therefore in a better position to invest for the future.
The 21st century economy requires a smarter, more agile state. Our dinosaur government at the federal level is still stuck in the 70s and 80s...Obviously there's much reform and fat to trim. The goal shouldn't be to cut everything but to create the government best to foster innovation here at the dawn of the computer age. The answer may well be cut and let the private sector do its thing, but it won't always be.
I believe your flaw here to be all you have is a hammer to build a solution and every problem is beginning to look like a nail. There's many places we can look to for less government or at least a more streamlined approach. Small Business in particular would do well to see less regulation and really anything that can be done to lower the barriers to entry and the cost of doing business.
I'm not sure education is one of those areas however. It's not that private schools can't do it better, as a student who went to one of Mobile's best privative HSs and a Louisiana public HS....the academic difference was shocking. In cities, there's something to be said for private competition. In rural areas though, there's just not many students to go around and the competition model simply won't work. This is where public investment is useful, to at least deliver a baseline education to all students. That's the usefulness of smart government. It's not beholden to the need for short term profits and therefore in a better position to invest for the future.
The 21st century economy requires a smarter, more agile state. Our dinosaur government at the federal level is still stuck in the 70s and 80s...Obviously there's much reform and fat to trim. The goal shouldn't be to cut everything but to create the government best to foster innovation here at the dawn of the computer age. The answer may well be cut and let the private sector do its thing, but it won't always be.
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 10:14 am to Duke
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In rural areas though, there's just not many students to go around and the competition model simply won't work.
Is that where the majority of the problems lie though? Or do they lie in the areas that private competition would be more useful?
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That's the usefulness of smart government.
I'm not sure there is such a thing, especially when it's continually growing. It becomes self serving and the focus always ends up not on the citizens, but the need to perpetuate itself.
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The goal shouldn't be to cut everything but to create the government best to foster innovation here at the dawn of the computer age. The answer may well be cut and let the private sector do its thing, but it won't always be.
There is much that can be cut, or redistributed, by taking away from failed programs and initiatives, and investing that same money into other areas that do work. Throwing more money at a problem doesn't fix it, it makes it bigger. The smart thing to do would be to cut things that don't work and invest in things that do.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 10:31 am to Duke
I'm more mad that Jindal turned his back on common core.
In my opinion, the reason it wasn't working is that it needs to be implemented at a young age. It's not fair for kids in the 9th grade to have their curriculum and methods learning turned upside down. start at an early age, and the kids will do just fine. doesn't it put a lot of emphasis on critical thinking?
We need charter schools in the worst way too
In my opinion, the reason it wasn't working is that it needs to be implemented at a young age. It's not fair for kids in the 9th grade to have their curriculum and methods learning turned upside down. start at an early age, and the kids will do just fine. doesn't it put a lot of emphasis on critical thinking?
We need charter schools in the worst way too
Posted on 7/24/14 at 10:58 am to Duke
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as a student who went to one of Mobile's best privative HSs
Not to derail, but McGill or St. Pauls?
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