If we keep offering the same solution, we can expect to get the same results. Full-day kindergarten is more of the same solution that doesn’t solve anything.
An ESA is designed to put parents in control of the state funding for their child. Parents are able to then make decisions about what education option is best for their student.
We have an opportunity to dramatically improve education in Utah. We don’t need industrial style schooling. We need education that meets the individual needs of our students.
Do the newly crowned state reading specialists understand the reading needs of a sheep rancher’s son? Probably not. But I know who does: the parents and teachers in these communities.