Education in Arizona

The education establishment is pushing very hard for voters to provide overrides -- property tax increases - and to support the 2% sales tax increase the legislature is putting on the ballot. Rather than follow this failed approach of continuing to increase finances for an education system that is failing, it is time to privatize the system. Arizona should be the first state to eliminate public education, creating vouchers and private schools. Property taxes could be reduced. Schools would compete for students and teh best teachers. The best teachers would command higher salaries while lower quality teachers would command lower salaries. The improvement in test scores and other measures of quality would be substantial.