Denationalization — THE REASON To Flip The System
Just received my copy of the book being discussed — Flip The System: changing education from the ground up. A quick skim tells me there is a FEAR going round — that the education system is itself shifting — and teachers feel their safe haven in public schools is being threatened by “denationalization” ! ! ! !
Here is a closing statement from the two authors, Evers and Kneyber:
“ . . . more and more states are losing the ability to control their education systems — something we can refer to as denationalization.”
That’s much more accurate than calling what’s happening as “privatization” !
So true. Different models of education of the young are being developed and the Education Savings Account is one of the best, in my opinion, coming from a parent and grandparent. Yes, better than charters, vouchers, magnet schools, etc., etc. Please do check out this video which I link in this reply I just sent to Jay P Greene’s blog:
ESAs — Education Watershed
An hour spent with this video is so worthwhile. The promise of meeting education needs of children in their lifetime through Education Savings Accounts in parents’ banks is so promising. Hopefully we in Canada can keep pace with this far-reaching model.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpiN2KGj3QA
As policy analysts point out this is the smart phone vs. the rotary phone. http://spectator.org/articles/63652/parental-choice-20
The watershed analogy is quite correct and the speakers in this video show how this turning point, once established, is irreversible.
- Unbundling the school system — services, subjects, skill-training need not happen in one building
- Experimentation, innovation, diversity, leads to a natural evolution
- Student progress depends on proficiency not compulsory seat time
- Quarterly reports to monitoring agency checks authenticity of spending before next release of funds
- Parents themselves start help lines re how-to, choices, and positive/negative reviews of products, services
- The potential is there to meet disparate and unique needs of a wide variety of young students — special needs, Native Americans, low-performing schools, foster children, ESL, etc.
Considering the projected financial cost-saving to states, plus superior education results and high parent satisfaction surveys, hopefully, this model will spread quickly.
[published as above in Facebook, and Educhatter, and 2nd section in Jay P Greene’s blog]