A better alternative than a bloated bureaucracy which is an efficient and which cannot be controlled and their unions involved in that. What i see in the Charter Movement and what i think we have all seen is that not only Movement Toward programs like vouchers which rely on individual choice, a rational act, but also jonathan alluded to literally the running of part Charter Schools and that is like, how is there not a bigger conversation that is not just by the outraged left about the problem with that . I think think that is a real issue. I hope we can all assume that a forprofit Charter Management Organization operating exclusively in low Income Neighborhood that they probably have some intention beyond social mobility and created citizens. I would like to point that all of that is very macro unless you lose live close to a Community Like this. We see this and lots of schools and lots of ways. One area i am passionate about is the unromantic area of school lunch. If you look at the h
Their school career, and also dont test them at all until you provide all low income children with the same terrific, marvelous prek that rich kids are getting otherwise it is worthless. Thank you, appreciate the question. I think we recognize that our Public Schools have big problems, the question for me would be what steps should we be taking to integrate our schools, make cheating a respective, at active profession and i think in me the most important thing, how do we also reduce class size . I would just are by saying i think money is one possible solution. [laughter] [applause]. I say this because i have wealthy friends in new york, some of them still like me. They invite me to dinner parties , theyre always nervous because they are afraid i might ruin the party but im usually polite. Exhibit for desserts. At some point they will ask me what is happening to those kids in the south bronx . I will say 30 in a class, day four and a class kids who really need help most, i walked into
Receiving kids from other schools that have been shut because they were failing. So suddenly two Percentage Points and lo and behold we have now put that on watch lists. What do you do to principals when that happens . Decapitate them . I am not sure. I like teachers. There are hundreds of thousands of wonderful teachers in schools in the United States. I do not like to see them lead to, beaten up by ignorant politicians just catering to [applause] many in arizona know about School Choice. No other state in the United States has embraced School Choice like arizona. Over two decades of School Choice policies and in your work, you call the idea of choice the society centrality of markets. I would add competition and choice. Really in arizona, put forward as if it is a little innocuous. A better alternative than a bloated bureaucracy which is an efficient and which cannot be controlled and their unions involved in that. What i see in the Charter Movement and what i think we have all seen
Nobel lawyers are sponsoring the school, baloney, they have nothing to do with it. They are very good at that. There is one called up academy. Theres one called success academy. That is a big chain in new york city which has had scandals recently. So i dont know, the market apply to public education, market competition, wall street values brought into Public Schools, and Business Partners even for the regular Public Schools are starting to dictate the curriculum. I do not see why we should trust bankers and brokers on wall street who just brought the world into a worldwide recession, destroyed the economy of the entire western world in any case. I do not see why we should trust them to improve the quality of the education for our children [applause]. This is going to be our last structured question and then we will allow you an opportunity. I want to give the out audience and opportunity, a diverse set of topics to think about. I will have you both talk about language policies were mom
To booktv on. Org for the full schedule. The up next, a panel on Public Education, this is booktv live coverage. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the eighth annual dues on festival of books. I am david garcia, your moderator for this panel today. Thank you for joining us. Our discussion today of politics, education and inequality will last an hour and i promise you are going to get an opportunity to ask your questions of the authors at the end and also immediately following the session, natalia will sign her book about jonathan will not be signing immediately, i want everyone to know. He will be signing later run today starting at 5 00 in the childrens and teen signing area, that is the best time to catch him, has nothing to do afterwards, stick around and sign for a long period of time and tomorrow from 12 30 to 1 00 he will be in the central mall. Before we get started by indeed to thank the sponsors of the jews on festival of books and remind all of you i know you have a great time today