While quite in agreement with "defies common sense" regarding the differential hazards of seniors vs children and also agree with several points related to children's rights, I'm not fully onboard with making a national system of rights. I do think that parents need to ensure their children are educated. Not sure that the current syste…
While quite in agreement with "defies common sense" regarding the differential hazards of seniors vs children and also agree with several points related to children's rights, I'm not fully onboard with making a national system of rights. I do think that parents need to ensure their children are educated. Not sure that the current system of public schools are the best way forward given what I see as forced liberalism and the excesses of the unions.
Somewhere I would hope governments would return to promotion of the nominal two parent family as a positive policy. In such a family the value of children can be better maintained. And involvement of community elders might help both children and the seniors as supplements in education and support for single parent households. We could develop better systems.
I am happy that NM has a school funding system that operates state wide and funds schools via a head count system with extras for low income and disabled students. At least that pretends to level the property tax issue. Sadly, it hasn't moved the needle on improving childhood education. Schools in richer areas attract the best teachers and the unions are OK with that. The fact that parents in the richer areas bought into fear and supported school closures and the unions made things even worse for the poorest who needed that education the most. But what can you expect in a near total blue state? Not clear why fear became a political statement but it was.
While quite in agreement with "defies common sense" regarding the differential hazards of seniors vs children and also agree with several points related to children's rights, I'm not fully onboard with making a national system of rights. I do think that parents need to ensure their children are educated. Not sure that the current system of public schools are the best way forward given what I see as forced liberalism and the excesses of the unions.
Somewhere I would hope governments would return to promotion of the nominal two parent family as a positive policy. In such a family the value of children can be better maintained. And involvement of community elders might help both children and the seniors as supplements in education and support for single parent households. We could develop better systems.
I am happy that NM has a school funding system that operates state wide and funds schools via a head count system with extras for low income and disabled students. At least that pretends to level the property tax issue. Sadly, it hasn't moved the needle on improving childhood education. Schools in richer areas attract the best teachers and the unions are OK with that. The fact that parents in the richer areas bought into fear and supported school closures and the unions made things even worse for the poorest who needed that education the most. But what can you expect in a near total blue state? Not clear why fear became a political statement but it was.