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Another article written by a famous Socialist, Rahm Emanuel...

"Free"

That word doesn't mean what he thinks it means. The lack of critical thinking skills is fucking IMMENSE!!!

"Free" means it's worthless, because thieves like Rahm Emanuel has stolen the resources in the name of giving out "free" goodies. If he is so keen on lowering the cost of attending college, how many strangers are Rahm Emanuel personally sponsoring to attend college? Zero! What Rham Emanuel and his ilk want is taking the money you could otherwise set aside for your own kids to attend the college of your choice, so that they can waste the money on their own mansions and their cronies holding worthless positions in public school administration.

It's taxpayer funded, not free.

"At the outset, we chose to make our program merit-based for two reasons. First, we suspected that setting a rigorous academic standard would change attitudes inside Chicago’s high schools. If students in grades nine to 12 know that good grades will earn them a guaranteed free education, they’re further incentivized to run through the tape. (Chicago’s high-school graduation rate grew from 56.9 percent in 2011 to 78.2 percent in 2018.) Second, we theorized that making the scholarship merit-based would help the program avoid the plague of college dropouts—and that’s exactly what’s happened. Chicago Star’s retention rate is 86 percent, well above the national average of 62.7 percent."

An initiative that incentivizes students to work and offers opportunity based on their results. Has strong potential to create a more competitive work force, giving more opportunity to those who prove they deserve an advanced education, as apposed to those who's family can afford it.

ThreeBays says

*Free* to the student, not to the city/state. The article is pretty clear.

So, who's paying for it??

I can hardly wait for this answer!

EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FREE FOR EVERYBODY!!! AND ABOLISH ICE!!!

This is retarded, there are already $500-$600 certificates from edX.org or coursera.org, which can comprise a community college education.

Thus, this is a done deal. We don't need some BS of subsidizing overpriced institutes when all that training is available online w/o the additional overhead.

ThreeBays says

Taxpayers.

Exactly, so the parents are paying for it, one way or the other.

ThreeBays says

Does bankrolling 2 years of education not seem worth while for a lifetime of economic output?

So a kid going to Grade 13 and 14 guarantees a lifetime of economic output?

Really?

ThreeBays says

MrMagic says

So a kid going to Grade 13 and 14 guarantees a lifetime of economic output?

On aggregate, yes.

https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2018/data-on-display/education-pays.htm

Wow, and holy crap, you're basing your "lifetime of economic output" on an additional median of $120. a week?

That's some scary, Liberal Logic.

tovarichpeter says

Grade 12 is free, so should grades 13 and 14 also

And 15 and 16 and 17 and 18 and 19 and 20. Education is an investment, not an expense.
Let's just make sure we don't pay for Art, Music, and other useless majors.