I won't be checking out "Failing by Degrees." I believe man's greatest invention is the free market; the only system that provides choice and freedom to individuals. The free market provides the essentials - food, clothing, and shelter - yet people believe it can't properly provide education. Contrary to what opponents to charter schools and vouchers say, education is too important NOT to turn it over to people trying to profit. Only by satisfying the customer can they earn profits.
As far as MCRI, it's irrelevant if Gratz couldn't beat out many of her fellow white students. She proved in court that she beat out many of the minority students who were admitted. As far as the claim "little if any" discrimination was taking place ignores the Supreme Court's ruling that said the exact opposite.
What is at issue now is that the Supreme Court has said, a little discrimination is okay if it's for a "compelling" state interest. We can suspend the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment because we're trying to do some good. I don't recall seeing that exception in the Constitution. The 5 justices who claim it is there are wrong.
There is no moral justification for using discrimination to fix discrimination. Proposal 2 fixes this blindness in the justices' ruling.
I agree, that is how I used to think when I went online.
On Jennifer Gratz.
Actually Jennifer Gratz was not rejected, but wait listed.
Interestingly, she and Ward Connerly in their current posistions of employment are benefiting from Affirmative Action based on tbeir gender and race respectively.
I have to agree to the chagrin of many of my relatives and friends about vouchers and charter schools.
I was miseducated in an inner city (not Detroit)school district begining in the 4th grade.
If a voucher was available to me I could have gone to a better school and received a better education. Then when I did apply for college I would not have had to pay for so many remedial non degree credit classes in college.
I am not sure if total privatization of the school system would work. But, I think it is worth a try because we can't keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. I didn't learn that in public schools.
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Thanks for the compliment on the blog.
I won't be checking out "Failing by Degrees." I believe man's greatest invention is the free market; the only system that provides choice and freedom to individuals. The free market provides the essentials - food, clothing, and shelter - yet people believe it can't properly provide education. Contrary to what opponents to charter schools and vouchers say, education is too important NOT to turn it over to people trying to profit. Only by satisfying the customer can they earn profits.
As far as MCRI, it's irrelevant if Gratz couldn't beat out many of her fellow white students. She proved in court that she beat out many of the minority students who were admitted. As far as the claim "little if any" discrimination was taking place ignores the Supreme Court's ruling that said the exact opposite.
What is at issue now is that the Supreme Court has said, a little discrimination is okay if it's for a "compelling" state interest. We can suspend the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment because we're trying to do some good. I don't recall seeing that exception in the Constitution. The 5 justices who claim it is there are wrong.
There is no moral justification for using discrimination to fix discrimination. Proposal 2 fixes this blindness in the justices' ruling.
I agree, that is how I used to think when I went online.
On Jennifer Gratz.
Actually Jennifer Gratz was not rejected, but wait listed.
Interestingly, she and Ward Connerly in their current posistions of employment are benefiting from Affirmative Action based on tbeir gender and race respectively.
I have to agree to the chagrin of many of my relatives and friends about vouchers and charter schools.
I was miseducated in an inner city (not Detroit)school district begining in the 4th grade.
If a voucher was available to me I could have gone to a better school and received a better education. Then when I did apply for college I would not have had to pay for so many remedial non degree credit classes in college.
I am not sure if total privatization of the school system would work. But, I think it is worth a try because we can't keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. I didn't learn that in public schools.
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