School Choice: Using Our Free Enterprise SystemJuly 17, 2017
Educated citizens are without a doubt the key to
Teachers' unions and the Democrat party, a redundancy, have been in charge of most public schools in
Allowing ALL parents to choose the school for their children should be
It would work as follows . . .
Each state would give each student a voucher in an amount determined by that state. Each student could use his or her voucher at a private school or a new company formed to be in the sole business of educating students which I call an Educo. A good public school that had been privatized could meet this model also.
Each state could determine the base level of education which would include a strong dose of math, science, and history the result of which would be more and better jobs, and citizens properly informed about American history. Audits of all schools should and likely would be done randomly by each state to determine that this base level of education was being provided to students. Those not doing so would be required to return voucher funds.
In a short period of time in our consumer-driven free enterprise system those providing children with a good education tailored to each student’s needs would expand and thrive, and those which did not would disappear.
Yet some will argue that those students whose parents were not involved would receive poor or no education. That argument is false. Where profit is involved business would adapt and conceivably would provide buses to poor areas, provide a breakfast to the children and maybe ice cream after school for good results. In any event, each state could adjust voucher amounts to properly provide for the needs of all children.
In all likelihood, Educos would hire great teachers, reduce costs through research and development, and with the use of the latest technology would become more and more creative in educating each of our children. And unlike our present public school monopoly, each would know that it must be better than the competition to stay in business.
Teachers would be hired for their ability to teach: To produce the result of a good education. The skill of each would be maximized and improved daily as they would be given great flexibility in how they taught. The one-size-fits-all method currently in use would not do. The great ones would become rock stars earning six figures as their value to each parent became known. Today’s technology would allow great flexibility in teaching. Rather than the same thing for everyone, technology would develop education in the laboratories of fifty states. The best processes would be copied. And as bureaucracies would be virtually eliminated a teacher’s time would be devoted primarily to teaching.
To redeem vouchers each school would be required to post good basic results online. Good results would quickly become apparent to consumers who would make their decisions accordingly. Private evaluators such as Consumer Reports or others like it would spring up and provide unbiased evaluations of each school and its processes.
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Vern Wuensche grew up in the tiny farming community of McDade in central Texas. He obtained a BBA and MBA from the University of Texas and holds a CPA certificate. In 1975 he founded what is now Houston’s oldest residential construction company for 42 years. He wrote a book, Overcoming Legal Abuse as an American Entrepreneur, about the difficulty of starting and running a business without a properly functioning legal system. He is an Army veteran. An early marathoner, he ran the length of Galveston Island in the early 1970’s, continuing his distance running regularly all his life. He is a Christian who is serious about his faith. An Elder for twenty years, he has regularly attended Missouri Synod Lutheran churches all his life. But his passion has always been politics. As a child, he hung bell-shaped door hangers on doors in McDade for Eisenhower in 1956. And since 1972 he has worked on campaigns of every type, attending 22 Republican state conventions, usually as a delegate. At the same time, he continually studied presidential politics. He ran for President in 2008 and 2012 placing seventh and tenth in the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primary. Details of the races can be seen at http://www.voteforvern.com His current long term project is the development of a Republican Farm Team. Anyone considering running as a Republican at any point in the future for any race should begin early, develop name identification and develop relationships with funders before they decide to run. Visit Vern Wuensche's website at www.VoteForVern.com/
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