There's also a bit of a principal-agent problem. The people who make decisions about the educational system are state bureaucrats, teachers, and parents, in roughly that order. The one person who's most affected by it - the kid - has basically zero say in anything.
I suspect that education would be a much higher priority and teachers would be paid much more if children could vote.
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There's also a bit of a principal-agent problem. The people who make decisions about the educational system are state bureaucrats, teachers, and parents, in roughly that order. The one person who's most affected by it - the kid - has basically zero say in anything.
I suspect that education would be a much higher priority and teachers would be paid much more if children could vote.
If children could vote and direct funds then school would rapidly become a cross between a candy-store and a hotel Spa.