tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post2989649747853192742..comments2024-01-30T02:02:02.972-05:00Comments on Ms.Marx: On Pop Culture: Every child (with wealthy parents)Ms.Marxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319090803199238459noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-15014363144694695482010-04-15T01:14:14.270-04:002010-04-15T01:14:14.270-04:00To be fair, this is really just another private sc...To be fair, this is really just another private school ad. I went to Montessori elementary school in the midwest and on the east coast and both were public "options" offered in my town, as opposed to the other public schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-6134174823418426412010-04-02T21:21:57.761-04:002010-04-02T21:21:57.761-04:00Thank you Zack.
And keeping taxes for education s...Thank you Zack.<br /><br />And keeping taxes for education sounds like a really good idea to open these schools up to more people, but there are problems with it as well. <br /><br />First, a lot of the poorest people do not pay enough in taxes to help all that much (the gross income for people working minimum wage jobs in a lot of places wouldn't even cover their high school tuition), and therefore would still not be able to send their children to these private schools. <br /><br />Another possible problem is that if there are fewer tax dollars going towards education, it could lead to less funding for public schools, and they are drastically underfunded to begin with.Ms.Marxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319090803199238459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-27282377471473074462010-04-02T20:28:13.636-04:002010-04-02T20:28:13.636-04:00If you could keep the portion of your taxes that g...If you could keep the portion of your taxes that go to education and use it to pay for Montessori tuition, that might give more children access to its services. However if you pay taxes on top of Montessori tuition then of course you are right on the mark Ms. Marx . . . privilege is perpetuated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405438569183854317.post-18341581334526232512010-04-02T12:05:30.850-04:002010-04-02T12:05:30.850-04:00Well said.Well said.Zackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835035961928745754noreply@blogger.com