Lyndon Johnson's 1960s spending initiatives have not paid off with any improvement in education.
"All we want is a decent chance for our children," Marlow wrote to Johnson.
Marlow felt she deserved as much because Johnson made a much-publicized visit to her family earlier that year, using the Marlows as an example of an impoverished family that Johnson's "Great Society" programs could help.
A slightly smaller proportion of students from families in the bottom quartile of the income distribution graduate from college today, the very students Johnson's loan programs were supposed to help.
By any measurable indicator, the Great Society has been a bust for students.
So would education savings accounts - K-12 private-learning options offered now in five states, which allow families to customize their child's education experience according to the student's needs.
The U.S. Department of Education, created in 1979 after Great Society programs became too much for scattered federal offices to bear, has not given children more opportunities to succeed in school or in life.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/the-great-society-and-opportunity-lost/
"All we want is a decent chance for our children," Marlow wrote to Johnson.
Marlow felt she deserved as much because Johnson made a much-publicized visit to her family earlier that year, using the Marlows as an example of an impoverished family that Johnson's "Great Society" programs could help.
A slightly smaller proportion of students from families in the bottom quartile of the income distribution graduate from college today, the very students Johnson's loan programs were supposed to help.
By any measurable indicator, the Great Society has been a bust for students.
So would education savings accounts - K-12 private-learning options offered now in five states, which allow families to customize their child's education experience according to the student's needs.
The U.S. Department of Education, created in 1979 after Great Society programs became too much for scattered federal offices to bear, has not given children more opportunities to succeed in school or in life.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/the-great-society-and-opportunity-lost/
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