Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 14:59:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, hoek@hwcn.org, softweyr@xmission.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTC regulating use of registrations Message-ID: <199708102159.OAA18118@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970810154843.278D-100000@Journey2.mat.net> from "Chuck Robey" at Aug 10, 97 03:55:08 pm
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Chuck Robey wrote: > > Annelise, tho only thing that scares me about the school voucher thing is > the terrible fact of prejudice. You're in academia somewhat, aren't you? > I don't know if you have the visibility to the politics that editors and > publishers of school texts have to wade thru. It makes it hard to produce > books that actually teach something, because local school boards are very > often more interested in pursuing local prejudices. > > At the state level, this is absolutely endemic. I consider this really > hamful. I like to think of myself as being egalitarian. While no one is > free of prejudice, I try, and school vouchers (it seems to me) allow this > kind of abuse without any limitation. > from what i have heard the california and texas school boards buy so many school books that publishers write for those two markets and let everyone else select whichever one of he two they prefer ;) > Annelise, if you can comment on that, I'd appreciate it, I really would. > I'm not against school vouchers for any other reason that I can think of. > [You too, Jon, but Annelise deals with public policy, and I'm really > interested in her take on this]. i'll shutup now ;) jmb
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