tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post3800221070090019120..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: The Fundamental Fallacy of Charter SchoolsPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-36812760517240201772018-11-02T10:55:16.068-04:002018-11-02T10:55:16.068-04:00"Milton Friedman would not grant this point. ..."Milton Friedman would not grant this point. He would say that charters could be run differently and cut costs at various points."<br /><br />Oh please. Milton Friedman understood the reason for mergers and acquisitions. He was quite in favor of them, for exactly that reason - cut down excess costs, particularly labor costs. He'd need a really good chiropractor to bend himself enough to pretend that doesn't apply to schools.Diennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570040547158789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-37168470105438712772018-11-01T20:02:28.802-04:002018-11-01T20:02:28.802-04:00"Each of the six systems will still need its ..."Each of the six systems will still need its own superintendent, building principals, psychologist, business manager, cafeteria manager-- the list can be as long as you like, down to dean of student activities and administrative assistants all around."<br /><br />Milton Friedman would not grant this point. He would say that charters could be run differently and cut costs at various points.<br /><br />What to do in a case of dueling thought experiments? In this instance: look at budgets.Nicholas Tampiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618674843614919606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-2384182347629148132018-11-01T14:37:31.874-04:002018-11-01T14:37:31.874-04:00" . . . nobody wants to go to the taxpayers a..." . . . nobody wants to go to the taxpayers and say, "We have a great idea for a way to provide robust choice and options for our students, but in order to do it, we're going to have to raise your property taxes a whole bunch." <br /><br />And they certainly don't want say, "And oh yeah, we can spend your money however we want - and we won't even tell you what we spend it on. We don't need no stinkin' transparency - or accontability!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com