What are some short-term solutions?
In the short-term, the political solution are tax credits for education (see Ayn Rand’s article in the VOICE OF REASON on this subject for details). This will allow people (who pay for public schools through their taxes) a tax credit which can be used to pay for the private (or public) school of their choice, or it can even be used for home schooling. Individuals, or businesses, can even use the money to pay for someone else’s education, and then receive a tax credit. More importantly, tax credits will transfer fiscal control from bureaucrats back to individuals, thus forcing public schools to compete in the market for dollars — just like private schools do.
