Patricia Richardson Hot

FREE TO DESTROY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Education after 15 years of Formigoni

Formigoni After 15 years of rule, we can say that in Lombardy there is a systematic attempt to dismantle public school to encourage the private.
The private schools have an important role in the education community, are a reference point for parents, kids ... especially those of the Catholic world, who are teachers of life as well as study.
clear the field from every attack end in itself to the alternative school in the state, we need to set a line of reasoning that leads to one conclusion: the public school must be revived. In recent years, we have seen horizontal cuts to education, the result is there for all to see: crumbling schools, institutes indebted teaching that goes in slow motion ... In light of this, because Lombardy Region has decided to invest more in private school rather than in the public? 90% of children attend state schools and sees an investment per capita of € 478 against € 3.3, per capita, for students who do not attend government schools. We understand that one of the cardinal principles of CL DOC and horizontal subsidiarity, but we think that, as indeed in health, is becoming more an attempt to create a school class of series A and against an elite school for the series B rest of the body.
One of the most controversial policy Formigoniana is a good school. E 'was sold as an attempt to ensure that everyone, even the poorest segments, freedom choice between public school and private school. The principle we could also agree, but we can not emphasize the destructive effects that this mechanism is having. In 2001, the year in which funds were provided for the first time, the school was good for € 30 million today to 45 million (+ 50%), all this against an increase of only 20 percentage points private school student population. How do you explain this? Simple, good school today is delivered urbi et orbi. 60% of households who benefit have a high average income (over 45,000 €), which could send their children to certain schools, regardless of support from the Lombardy region. Another aspect, not insignificant, is on the methodology used to select families who are entitled to government aid. In any state school, to get financial aid, prompted the ISEE, which is an index that considers income and family assets, to get good school is simply a self-declaration and is considered an index of income that determines who blandly is eligible for funding (paradoxically, even those who have a house in Via Montenapoleone can get it). The effects of this policy perverse children, are those of a public school that they access the popular classes and a private school that is increasingly becoming the place of certain social classes, middle and high bourgeoisie. In the past it was not so ..
this mechanism should be reformed, thus maintaining the positive aspects and eliminating abuse and distortion.
One way out could be as follows: good school only for families with low average incomes, greater controls on the real need for public subsidy and the money saved with an investment plan for public school construction.
Freedom of choice should be encouraged, should be aware of the crucial role of private schools, but it should be noted that having a lame public school means cutting the legs to the future of this country.