Top 10 Reason to Oppose Referendum #1

10. Test scores for unaccountable private schools with uncertified teachers might stop outscoring government-run schools.

9. Parents might be able to pay for a worse education than they can get for free.

8. Less regulation would unfortunately improve teacher moral and job satisfaction.

7. More schools competing for teachers would increase the pay of the best, most coveted teachers.

6. Empowering parents would strengthen families and reduce the role of paternalistic government.

5. More money per student doesn't actually improve educational achievement.

4. Preserving the status quo reduces the need to expend energy making improvements, protecting the environment and avoiding global warming.

3. Raising academic standards might leave Utah with just a third world birth rate and not  the corresponding third world education.

2. 6 months didn't give enough time for HB148 to make Oprah's Book Club

1. It's just better to have legislators run the public education system, instead of parents.

Alternative #1: Referendums are fun!  Let's do it again next year!

Comments

[Robert K.]

#11 We love socialism and love our government run schools.

#12 Karl Marx rules! (See communist manifesto on public education)

#13 If we send kids to other "alternative" schools, they may awaken from the "great sleep" America is in and realize how horrible most public schools are.

[Sam]

With the Hollywood writers on strike, I guess we get to show our stuff. This is fun.

Top Ten Reasons to vote FOR Referendum #1

10. Chairman Burningham would have egg on his face.

9. We would no longer have to pay for other peoples children to become educated.

8. All those outrageous regulations we make would not apply to us or our children.

7. We could stop supplementing education with general fund money.

6. Our kids would no longer have to encounter undocumented children.

5. Being last in per pupil spending would only have implications for other peoples children.

4. OUR test scores will go up.

3. The achievement gap would be sequestered and we would no longer have to see it.

2. Low teacher pay could be blamed on “the market”.

1. With lifeboats in place and the poor locked below deck, we can go ahead and let the ship sink.