Comments on: Whole Foods Education? http://wondermentwoman.com/2011/05/whole-foods-education/ Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:00:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: John B. Chilton http://wondermentwoman.com/2011/05/whole-foods-education/comment-page-1/#comment-411 John B. Chilton Wed, 11 May 2011 19:30:25 +0000 http://wondermentwoman.com/?p=647#comment-411 You didn't really scratch the surface of Don's argument. He's trying to get the reader to see some of the problems of public education are due to mechanism design, by taking the mechanism and looking at how it would look in another situation (much more stimulating than going all theoretical). For example, look at the way public education is funded -- by local property taxes. Is it any wonder what happens -- that those with higher incomes move away from those with lower incomes? The result is that public school education funding is very uneven, as is advocacy for better schools (those with higher incomes can afford to take time for this activity). If food was provided through the same mechanism you'd need see the same forces at work -- voting with you feet. If we want to solve the public education problem the way it's funded is an essential reform. I presume Don would say it should be funded with vouchers for the power and that education should be privatized. But an alternative is retain public education, but fund it at the state level. You didn’t really scratch the surface of Don’s argument. He’s trying to get the reader to see some of the problems of public education are due to mechanism design, by taking the mechanism and looking at how it would look in another situation (much more stimulating than going all theoretical).

For example, look at the way public education is funded — by local property taxes. Is it any wonder what happens — that those with higher incomes move away from those with lower incomes? The result is that public school education funding is very uneven, as is advocacy for better schools (those with higher incomes can afford to take time for this activity).

If food was provided through the same mechanism you’d need see the same forces at work — voting with you feet.

If we want to solve the public education problem the way it’s funded is an essential reform.

I presume Don would say it should be funded with vouchers for the power and that education should be privatized. But an alternative is retain public education, but fund it at the state level.

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