Each test wards off disaster. As consumers of government services, taxpayers are starting to demand more accountability. At the same time, polls show growing support for school choice. With money buying unsatisfactory outcomes from the existing model, we think dramatic re-engineering is needed. Tinkering with proposals such as reduced class size or teacher pay scales has produced scant or no improvement.
Competition is needed.
Parents need options, options such as charter schools and the Early HOPE scholarships. But Georgia is a foot-dragger on these as well, making prospects for drastic improvement in the dropout rate dim for some time to come.