I’d just like to point out that if you want to radically change the education system the burden of proof should probably be on you. Being skeptical about introducing some alternative ways for funding (e.g. a voucher system) is the natural thing to do, and pointing out possible flaws is actually helpful. Yes it cannot be proven without testing, but it cannot be disproven either. Even with testing it is hard, as the test might be biased, or does not generalize to other neighborhoods.

I think parent was simply answering logic with logic, and dismissing parent’s logic because it has no empirical backing while promoting your own logic which doesn’t have one either, is a bit disingenuous.