One child, one vote: End education without representation
Thirty years of policy reform have delivered significant improvements in K-12 education for students and their families. But much more needs to be done.
TL;DR
- Despite policy reforms like charter schools and savings accounts, many public schools are not meeting the needs of students and parents.
- Lack of responsible oversight is identified as a key problem in public education governance.
- Electoral reforms such as aligning school board elections with state elections and permitting early voting aim to increase parental participation.
- Some states are considering allowing 16-year-olds to vote in school board elections.
- Demeny voting, where parents vote as proxies for their minor children, is proposed as a mechanism to extend suffrage and strengthen accountability.
- The expansion of suffrage in U.S. history is cited as a precedent for extending voting rights to children.
- The author advocates for 'one child, one vote' through proxy voting by parents to improve public education.