| Non american citizen living in the US. Just a couple of though while reading "most" of it. > I was one of the last children of the American Century. I’m not quite ready to let it go. If we don’t take action now, the US will be surpassed as the world superpower. I’d like to get back to the values that made our country the envy of the world. I still believe in American exceptionalism, and even with Trump in the White House, my proudest identity of all is being American. > and the US should be the technology center for the world. > US workers are the most productive in the world when they are allowed to compete on a level playing field. This obsession with America position in the world is so pervasive that i think most thinker don't realize that it has a cost. A lot of bad policies and decisions have been in the name of "American exceptionalism". > We should require that Californian politicians and senior civil service send their kids to public schools. They need to be aligned. This would be a game changer... > 1. Prosperity from technology
> Creating prosperity is how everyone’s lives get better every year. How true is this. Or is it just the author focusing on what worked for him. |
> This would be a game changer...
I'm sceptical. Some public schools are great, and what happens is rich people pay the high prices to live in those districts. The parents where I work definitely choose housing based on what schools their kids will go to, and it drives the property values of those neighborhoods.
Forcing politicians' to send their children to public schools won't help the low-performing schools that rich people already can avoid by choosing expensive. It will help ensure public education for wealthy families is good, and little else.
(Disclaimer: I'm mostly familiar with school districting in Texas. Maybe California is different, but this seems like the normal case most places in the US.)