Re:You Draw It: How Family Income Affects College Chances
by DarkTree on Thursday May 28, 2015 @01:40PM
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That is an interesting point. I wonder what it would be like if any student could potentially attend any school based on their academic merit simply by making all private and public institutions free to attend if accepted. Of course, this is not realistic because private institutions would probably not exist and the wealthy have other upper-legs that are not related to tuition, such as professional-tutoring, geographic location, and so on. I'm still curious how this would change the data though.
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Re:You Draw It: How Family Income Affects College Chances
by enriquec on Thursday May 28, 2015 @02:00PM
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This is why I'm much more in favor of vouchers. From the papers I've read, its a less costly option, encourages/rewards parental involvement, and retains the freedom to choose (and the competition/movement that comes with it).
With vouchers applicable to private schools, you don't have to burden yourself with the entire cost or keep him in a school that he/she is not compatible with. At the very least, vouchers amongst public schools seems like a no brainer but I've met a lot of resistance from some friends that are teachers.
Re:You Draw It: How Family Income Affects College Chances
by tormeh on Thursday May 28, 2015 @02:40PM
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Vouchers don't work as well as you'd expect. The reason is that parents are not rational agents on behalf of their children. Especially parents of lower socioeconomic status tend to value convenience (how close the school is) to the quality of the school.
The effect of vouchers in the real world is that the best schools get a little bit better while the worst ones get a lot worse.