Implications of Holocaust denier's court loss. D avid Horowitz has a very shallow understanding of the public school crisis in America. First, he doesn't seem to understand how public schools receive large portions of their funding. He offers an alternative plan where children would receive full-tuition scholarships to private schools and claims that this will not take money out of public schools.
Schools receive a specific dollar amount per child present.
Therefore, if a child is not in the classroom for any reason, the school does not receive the allocated money. Horowitz also takes issue with the Los Angeles Unified School District Teachers Union's angry response to the movement to give individual teachers bonuses if they raise student test scores. What he does not understand is that test scores frequently do not reflect a teacher's skill nor their work ethic. It would certainly be easier to blame the teachers, but the fact is, there are savage inequalities in America's public schools and tying teachers' bonuses to test scores won't solve any problems until there is a more level playing field. Last, Horowitz is horrified that teachers are demanding a 21 percent pay raise.