Transforming Education with Government Help

Along with the Senate Health Care bill the House passed last night, an education reform funding package that was included in the Senate version.

Now anyone who wants a school loan will have to go before a government board to get it.



Interesting.



It will be interesting to see who receives approval for these loans, as most people involved at all levels of public education are socialist/progressive/democrats. Now since all prospective college applicants needing school loans can no longer go to their local banker but must apply to a socialist/ progressive/ democratic government for school loans



In the normal business world loans are made on the ability to pay and the prospect for success of the venture. But some in the current obama administrations have said now that: "those that have been raised with privilege (ability to pay) will have to step aside for those who have not (don't have the ability to pay) so the less fortunate can share some of the success of life"



So we can expect our colleges to be filled with those that were formerly rejected because of inability to pay and probably those of lower test scores. The business world should be celebrating!



Many years ago some people looked at public education 1-12 and opted out. They saw the extreme liberal policies and politicizing of the schools by the NEA and said I can do better. This was the birth of the modern Home School movement.



At first Home Schoolers were thought of as kooks, and those in the public sector tried to marginalize and outlaw them,but eventually the public opionion of them changed. When we started teaching our children at home in Oklahoma, the state owned universities stance was that we don't want Home Schoolers and would not admit them. But by the time our kids graduated from high school the state owned universities has changed their tune. They actively recruited my oldest child as a National Merit Scholar. These schools found that these Home Schooled kids made them look good.



They made better grades, had lower dropout rates, came to class more conistently, and generally made the university look better with better statistics.



There is a good possibility that these new loan laws will prompt some to begin to do more College-at-home and because of the sad state of universities actual education of young people, business may take a longer look in a few years at that idea of self directed college. After all results are what business is after.



In the future, business may take a liking to College-at-home applicants over those that were formerly "outside the pale" that gained their government education at government schools with government funds.



In the long run government schools may be extremely marginalized by the free market.



The Circuit Rider