Competitive educational environment would adapt to the challenges, provide better value for students. Failing public school system would have an incentive to improve. Alternative is wasting billions on schools, teachers who refuse to teach
Billions Are Being Spent on Teachers Who Won't Teach: President Trump Can Change That
The Los Angeles Unified School District spends $18,788 per student. Its goal is to up that spending to $20,000. The mammoth LA school district is 7th in urban spending and has around half a million students. And the costs only went up after a United Teachers strike extracted a 6 percent raise.
Last year, LAUSD approved a $7.8 billion budget.
Governor Newsom demanded federal aid during the coronavirus and proposed moving over $4 billion in federal pandemic relief to the non-functioning schools.