change where a teacher gets paid from.
if a teacher is answerable to parents and the school they are in because the ultimately understand that is where they get paid from, things will change dramatically and quickly. it will be about student progression (not progressive), student mental stimulation and building confidence and it will start to focus on what a student needs for life.
will it kill off the arts, no, but it will ensure that people who want to do the arts pay for it and are driven by an interest in it rather than just getting people who want degrees because someone else is paying.
a teacher who realises their pay and pay rises is directly related to the success of their students will become a driver of change but not change for changes sake but for improvements.
of course the fear is that our little johnny may not be allowed to become a nuclear scientist the parents want him to be. here is the thing every kid on this planet has a natural skill, that skill maybe nuclear physics or maybe dancing or plumbing. it will also force parents to set targets with a level ore realism. if you believe the teacher is wrong, goto another school, if enough parents think the teacher is wrong, fire the teacher and get another. this is not rocket surgery....
FIFTY PERCENT!
And that's just the state's contribution.
Big Education - it's a giant LIBERAL money laundering machine, socialist policy generating factory and indoctrination center.
Walker Plan to Tie Tuition to the CPI Has Already Failed ".............And just more than 10 years ago, Republican lawmakers in Congress were pushing a plan – spearheaded by former Rep. Buck McKeon of California – that would punish colleges for big tuition increases. Under the proposal, if a school – public or private – increased its tuition and other costs of attendance by more than twice the CPI for two years in a row, it would be banned from participating in federal student aid programs. McKeon later abandoned the proposal, but Republicans pushed similar provisions to publicly identify institutions with large tuition increases in their attempt to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.
When Congress was considering McKeon's first proposal, Alexander Astin – founding director of the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA – wrote a review claiming it could actually result in making college less affordable for needy students, because many colleges, especially private ones, use a portion of their tuition revenue for financial aid.
"If inflation creates a potential budget shortfall for a private institution, and if the 'affordability' legislation makes it impossible for that institution to match the shortfall through a tuition increase, how is it to make up the difference?" Astin wrote. "Obviously, the temptation to cut back on financial aid will be great, a choice that will force the institution either to favor its well-to-do applicants over its poor applicants in the admissions process, or to offer less aid to the latter."...............