School Choice – Finn
In 2030, nearly two-thirds of US children benefit from school choice, up from half in 2010. Charters enroll 5 percent of students, and four more states have voucher programs; but the greatest expansion has taken place in cyberspace (half of all high school courses are now online), in homeschooling (6 percent), and in hybrid institutions. “Catholic charter schools” offer religious instruction early and late in the day. National “brand-name” schools are flourishing, and vastly improved data systems make it far easier to navigate among these options.
i don’t think these scenarios are taking into to consideration the legal system and the propensity Americans have for suing teachers with unconventional and yet effective methods of teaching.. in a sense binding teachers to broken methods of learning. also poor cultural ideals which don’t promote practical work and intelligence but rather leisure and mass consumerism…