Downsizing Government

http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/education/k-12-subsidies

Government has not helped education, it has ruined it. I have a great idea, fire all union teachers, Cut their pension plans, Cut their health care benefits. I am not sure of any industry that is so well taken care of with benefits as government workers are. Open up the free market, what do people think will happen if the government gets out of the way, everyone will stop going to school? NO! Prices will drop and quality will improve just like EVERY OTHER INDUSTRY that the government has NOT been involved in.

I watched a news report on the poor school districts and it annoyed me how teachers are portrayed as always being perfect. All Unions do is eliminate competition so crappy teachers and good teachers are equalized. Good teachers would be paid more and bad teachers would be let go. BYU has no tenure, and I think it has helped them improve the quality of teaching.