Education
Federal Education –
We must close the Department of Education and send the job back to where it belongs – the states and communities where the Schools are. There is no constitutional authority for the federal government to be in the school business.
This will give our citizens the ability to decide what’s best for the children, in their own state, county, city or township. This includes all public and private school systems, which should be regulated by the individual state and not the federal government. Again, we must adhere to the constitution.
We must allow the local school districts, with the parents input, to make these decisions, thereby becoming, once again, the responsible persons in the education of the children.
I realize some may say we need to implement a program that would actually allow the monies sent to a state to follow the child whether in public, private, charter etc. However, even though I agree the monies should follow the student, as that’s what the parent pays for, my goal is to eliminate the federal system all together, so states and the parents/voters in each state, will petition the local government to set policy rather than D.C.
Arizona Education: Cut Costs, Improve the Future –
I come from a business background in the food industry. I would like to see some simple business practices put in place to cut the cost and improve the education of our children.
Over the years I’ve spoken with several of our elected legislators and statewide elected officials concerning this issue. They all agree we need to fix the system. However, we have not seen real action in this direction, so I’m proposing we do it ourselves.
I propose a simple fix to the way our schools all buy supplies. While I was in the food industry, our clients, such as Wal-Mart, Costco, Sam’s Club, Fry’s, Safeway, Albertson, etc., had buying offices where we called on them to sell our products to them to be sold in their stores.
The buyer set up the purchasing agreement with each company as to the price they’d pay, and we’d agree to supply all the stores with this product at that price no matter where we delivered it. This gave them a uniform price and gave us a guaranteed customer. My proposal is much the same: that all the schools in the state submit their orders for desks, tables, computers etc. to one main office and that office negotiates the contracts in a bulk system thereby lowering the costs to all, by anywhere from 15% to 50%.
This process would increase the buying power by reducing the cost, and we then could take the monies saved and make some improvements in the system, such as: a bonus program for teachers based on improved student grades, repairs and purchase of new equipment needed for schools, and last but not least, paying down our state’s debt. These three items would be the only areas where the money could be spent, so as to keep the system honest.
This, I believe, would go a long way in restoring our system of education to our children and preparing them for a bright future. It would also help our teachers receive better pay and more incentives to focus on education rather than the cost of in-class supplies and, lastly, help get our state out of debt. I hope you’ll agree with me and help US attain these goals.
updated 9/23/2012
Travon
544 days ago
I feel so much hpapeir now I understand all this. Thanks!
Van
543 days ago
Hi Travon; Thanks for the comments and hope you’ll check out http://www.vanforussenate.com and pass it on as well, we’re batlling the machine. God Bless You; Van
Mena
159 days ago
Four score and seven mnitues ago, I read a sweet article. Lol thanks
Boss
542 days ago
I can’t hear anything over the sound of how awesome this atrcile is.
Van
542 days ago
Hi Boss; I’m not use to such high acclaim and thank you for it and also hope you’ll support my run for the US Senate as well as pass it on . God Bless You; Van
Avdija
429 days ago
Hi! This is my 1st comment here so I just wentad to give a quick shout out and tell you I truly enjoy reading your articles. Can you suggest any other blogs/websites/forums that cover the same topics? Thank you!
Donalyn
159 days ago
As you know, I don’t believe it’s coittitusnonal for an individual state to mandate the purchase of a product or service from a private company. My point is only it may be barely more coittitusnonal certainly than a federal mandate.I’d also defend the right of a hospital to deny treatment to an uninsured person, but let’s face it. Those showing up for medical care without insurance get only the barest of care as it is. The best care is saved, of course, for those with money.PS: Do you pay a surcharge to your insurance company for engaging in dangerous activities such as riding a bike? And why should I pay extra for you to engage in such activities?
Karen
338 days ago
I received a very nice and educated response from Van (the radio Man) The school district of Mesa is a large district. They usually ask for bonds every five years. Then they always vote to raise property taxes after that. They know that the citizens will pass the bonds, so I feel that they really do not think they need to do budget cuts. I heard that they froze the teachers pay for four years. I don’t know if that applied to the superintendents and assistant superintendents. In 2005, a bond was issued for 212,000.000, this was for improvements. The new bond is for technology, and improvements. The school district has a 244 million debt, plan to pay off in 2020. By that time, there will be two or more bonds that should be added to the debt. The district receives generous grants from private foundations, as well from govermental grants. The state also has funding, federal entitlement funding. Our economic climate is to fragile and the school districts need to tighten their belts, just as the average American family. Karen
Mike
282 days ago
There is no mention of homeschooling laws in this post. Can you please tell me your position on parental rights regarding home education, health care, medical records privacy for minors and the authority of Child Protective Services?
Suhairi
160 days ago
The indivual matande come from the Heritage Foundation and was part of Bob Dole’s healthcare reform plan.Closing Gitmo and civilian federal court trials for its inmates was the idea of Pres. G.W. Bush.The START treaty and nuclear disarmament in general was the vision of Pres. Reagan.The graduated income tax system was the started by Pres. T. Roosevelt. Now with the talk about raising those with higher fortunes personal income tax to still under 40% as a Bolshevik/A.C.O.R.N./New Black Panther Party plot while in the glory days of Reagan and now Romney, the income tax levels were at 90%. Who knew USA was a socialist nation at the height of the Cold War?I usually hate this idea often mention by those more politically conservative folks that USA is a center-right nation and moving more far right, but some times I have to wonder.