As a GA citizen who has spent the past few years intertwining myself in the day-to-day of public education - I can tell you why this bill failed (or at least my educated opinion :) )
1-word: MESSAGING
People legitimately think there public school will be permanently financially scarred if the bill passes. Well ...........why is this? Because that was the EXACT MESSAGE of the only effective messaging to make it to the masses!
Am I saying the average citizen is dumb? NO, they’re (including me on certain other subjects) just gloriously uninformed of actual facts.
Now, is the average elected official (ga and nationally) dumb? YES! Please note that I speak on this from a position of 1st person authority. Many are shells of human beings - who cannot tell you a thought without first reading it as a talking point.
PLEASE NOTE: I’m referring to both sides of the aisle with my comment. I can’t count the number of times that I’ve briefed significantly important people after they’ve flown around the world - only to observe them looking like a kindergartener auditing a college physics class (I.e., sure they’re making eye contact - but if I ask for a response 1-layer beneath the talking points - I’m liable to hear Bidenesque gibberish fall from their mouth).
REPUBLICANS and INDEPENDENTS NEED TO WAKE UP. --- STOP BEING SCARED TO TALK ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS PUBLICLY!
LASTLY, START INFORMING THOSE AROUND YOU of the nearly limitless array of positive outcomes that vouchers make possible. Sure, your local school system may have to get rid of unimportant positions / in order to tighten their belts! PERHAPS, start with all DIE and SEL programs and officials!!! ...and yes, I used the acronym DIE - for diversity, inclusion, and equity -----that arrangement of acronym more closely aligns with their goals for nation.
As a GA citizen who has spent the past few years intertwining myself in the day-to-day of public education - I can tell you why this bill failed (or at least my educated opinion :) )
1-word: MESSAGING
People legitimately think there public school will be permanently financially scarred if the bill passes. Well ...........why is this? Because that was the EXACT MESSAGE of the only effective messaging to make it to the masses!
Am I saying the average citizen is dumb? NO, they’re (including me on certain other subjects) just gloriously uninformed of actual facts.
Now, is the average elected official (ga and nationally) dumb? YES! Please note that I speak on this from a position of 1st person authority. Many are shells of human beings - who cannot tell you a thought without first reading it as a talking point.
PLEASE NOTE: I’m referring to both sides of the aisle with my comment. I can’t count the number of times that I’ve briefed significantly important people after they’ve flown around the world - only to observe them looking like a kindergartener auditing a college physics class (I.e., sure they’re making eye contact - but if I ask for a response 1-layer beneath the talking points - I’m liable to hear Bidenesque gibberish fall from their mouth).
REPUBLICANS and INDEPENDENTS NEED TO WAKE UP. --- STOP BEING SCARED TO TALK ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS PUBLICLY!
LASTLY, START INFORMING THOSE AROUND YOU of the nearly limitless array of positive outcomes that vouchers make possible. Sure, your local school system may have to get rid of unimportant positions / in order to tighten their belts! PERHAPS, start with all DIE and SEL programs and officials!!! ...and yes, I used the acronym DIE - for diversity, inclusion, and equity -----that arrangement of acronym more closely aligns with their goals for nation.
That is all ...for now
Hi Andy. Happy I stumbled upon your substack. Any chance I could email you about something I’m working on? Would love your advice. Thanks! - Matt