This blog contains posts and comments written by students in Dr. Tufte's economics classes at Southern Utah University.
4/10/2005
Education
Public education is an interesting economic topic. John McDonald addresses the issue of lack of funding in his letter to the LA Times If We Value Education. He suggests that increasing taxes is how education should be funded. I think education credits from the state and then letting families choose where they get an education would solve the lack of funding better than simply raising taxes. In any market, increased competition lowers prices so why not with education?
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Umm ... did Christ advocate comment spam too?
Anyway, I'm going to keep my comments to a minimum, since I have done research advocating school choice.
My suggestion is that the next time you see a discussion of funding for education, tune in on whether they are discussing inputs or outputs. Managers who are interested in doing well are focused on the latter. Guess what most education discussions are focused upon?
Wow Marie - where'd you go to school?
P.S. As someone who tries to write well, and seeks continuous improvement in their writing, it is nice to see one of you using a semi-colon properly (heck, it's nice to see a semi-colon at all).
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