Coulson advocates for a type of education that could be seen as the next step up from what we have today in order to help compensate for todays problems. Today we have underfunded public schools in poor areas because people cannot afford to pay the high taxes in areas with good schools. Coulsons idea is to make all schools private. So that they can cate to people beliefs, and that all schools can be properly funded. There would be governemnt vouchers for the people who couldnt afford them, and have people that can afford it, pay for it to fund the school.
Covaleskie argues against Coulson saying that the prvitization of schools would further the socio-economic divide that we see today. People recieving vouchers would not necissarily be accepted into every school, and could make a higher education even more of a status symbol than it is today. His solution involve allowing the government to maintain their work because they are working for the greater good of the people of the nation
I agree with Covaleskie when he goes against Coulsons ideas. I think that if all education was privitized it would become much more selective than it is toda, and increase the gap. Today we have college already at a selective and competative state because of its prices and standards. Creating this for all levels of education would further this same effect. I think that the answer to equalizing public education is not in making it independent. I think it needs more governemnt support and programs.
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I agree with your post about the dangers of privatization of schools. People that could afford the best schools would most likely send their children there while the vouchers may not provide as equal of an education. Why not just send more funding and improve the schools that the students already attend. If the schools were all equally supported by the government, then privatization would not be an issue. And also, if you wanted to go to a school based on your beliefs or specific ideas, wouldn't that separate large groups of the population?
Another point these articles brought up was the struggle between ideas of liberalism. The war between laissez-faire and government intervention. Obviously this was (and still is) a large issue because it made its way to children and their education.
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