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	**“I’m not an expert, on this particular topic – but neither are most other politicians. Politicians shouldn’t be making these decisions. Parents/Consumers/Individuals should be.”		**“I’m not an expert, on this particular topic – but neither are most other politicians. Politicians shouldn’t be making these decisions. Parents/Consumers/Individuals should be.”
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	{{OfficialLanguage\|In today's economy, great education is critical. However, the past liberal and conservative governments have created a system where teachers cannot innovate; politicians are deciding more about education than parents. Today's Ontario Ministry of Education is producing poor results at unsustainable costs to you and your children.\|{{CurrentProblem}}\|Your Wiki/Real Name}}		{{OfficialLanguage\|In today's economy, great education is critical. However, the past liberal and conservative governments have created a system where teachers cannot innovate; politicians are deciding more about education than parents. Today's Ontario Ministry of Education is producing poor results at unsustainable costs to you and your children.\|{{CurrentProblem}}\|Your Wiki/Real Name}}

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==Title==
===Education: SMART & INSPIRING===
==Current Problem==
{{OfficialLanguage|In today's economy, great education is critical. However, the past liberal and conservative governments have created a system where teachers cannot innovate; politicians are deciding more about education than parents. Today's Ontario Ministry of Education is producing poor results at unsustainable costs to you and your children.|{{CurrentProblem}}|Your Wiki/Real Name}}
==Short-Term Goals==
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==More Choice==
*Home Schooling Tax Breaks
*Directed-Tax Choice for All Public Schools
**Parents Choose School & Tax Dollars Follow : Improvements abound
**Treat Public Schools similar to Separate Catholic Schools
*Privatize Religious Public Schools
**Give them freedom : Teach who and what they want, without public funds
**No more special treatment for a single religion
**Reduce financial burden & risk for Ontario
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==Long-Term Goals==
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==More Quality==
Long Term Focus: More Quality
*Privatize All Public Schools
**Give them freedom : Options, innovation, salaries & schedules.
*Eliminate Interference
**Legalize information transfer : Do not dictate curriculum, testing methods, technologies.
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==Facts==
====The cost to send a child to public school for a year is up 79% since 2003.====
In 2003, the provincial average for total spent per student was $7,790. In 2011 it was $13,996, per student. The number of teachers employed in Ontario, climbed 4.5%, between 2003 and 2006. From 122K to 127.5K. The data series stopped being tracked after 2006.
''- Society for Quality Education, accessed Oct 2012''
====School boards in Ontario had racked up $3.2B in long term debt by 2003. By 2011, long term debt stood at $7.8B.====
Short term debt also more than doubled. This is unsustainable.
''- Society for Quality Education, accessed Oct 2012''
====In 2004, school boards reported fundraising initiatives of $183M. By 2011, it was $589M.====
The 2004, is likely understated, because school boards were newly reporting these figures. But still. Are these school boards running schools? Or are they running charities? Something is broken.
''- Society for Quality Education, accessed Oct 2012''

==Talking Points==
We think parents should have the right to choose what schools their children attend WITHOUT having to pay twice, now parents pay taxes and if they send their children to a non-government (private) school they have to pay for that in addition to their taxes – twice.

Private schools may or may not have higher fees, so that parents will need to spend more money to get their children into an expensive private school. However, in locations where (non exclusive) private schools were introduced who didn't require a parental "top-up", some interesting things have happened.

#Private schools got incentives to prove that they were INDEED better than public schools.
#Public schools got incentives to prove that they were able to provide a quality education that was INDEED as good as (if not better) than a local private school.

This has happened in New Zealand. Standard testing showed that public schools took only 18 months to match the test results of private schools. Something that had not happened in the decades before the voucher system was introduced.
Why not direct the parent’s tax money to the school of their choice like the parents at Catholic Separate Schools already do?
==Guidance==
*Don’t say ‘Voucher’ System : Sounds American
*Stay away from predicting what directed-tax choices would do : ‘May or may not’ be higher priced, ‘May or may not’ be higher quality. This is the point – the system will build what parents think is best for their children.
*Limitless Potential - Students will be able to push the upper bound of their own abilities, rather than hit a ceiling associated with available resources.
*Infinite Options - Parents will be able to choose from a menu of options to suit their priorities and preferences for what they believe is best for their children.
*Responsive Education - The supply and demand associated with skills the economy needs will become more flexible and competitive internationally.
*Innovative Classrooms - New methods of teach will be explored leveraging new technology as soon as possible.
*Sustainable Costs - The operators of schools will need to compete for business, which will keep costs low for parents.
*If you get into a discussion that gets heated or if you don’t know enough about the topic:
**Stop after the other person finishes talking.
**“I think I might be communicating poorly” (even if you aren’t)
**“I’m not an expert, on this particular topic – but neither are most other politicians. Politicians shouldn’t be making these decisions. Parents/Consumers/Individuals should be.”
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