Comments on: Russell Crowe and the Choice Supply Side Problem http://www.eduwonk.com/2007/12/russell-crowe-and-the-choice-supply-side-problem.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:45:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Matt Johnston http://www.eduwonk.com/2007/12/russell-crowe-and-the-choice-supply-side-problem.html/comment-page-1#comment-214 Matt Johnston Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2007/12/russell-crowe-and-the-choice-supply-side-problem.html#comment-214 In keeping with your economics theme, there is a flaw, I think, in the Game Theory reasoning of cooperation. <br/><br/>There are a finite number of students and a finite number of dollars (it may not seem like but there is) for education. Each group is competing for other scarce resources, including teachers, facilities, and other items. <br/><br/>Cooperation is a great idea and a broad concept of cooperation is possible, sort of like a trade association for choice schools, but cooperation to improve market share is only going to cause problems later on and can't really work in an economic sense. In keeping with your economics theme, there is a flaw, I think, in the Game Theory reasoning of cooperation.

There are a finite number of students and a finite number of dollars (it may not seem like but there is) for education. Each group is competing for other scarce resources, including teachers, facilities, and other items.

Cooperation is a great idea and a broad concept of cooperation is possible, sort of like a trade association for choice schools, but cooperation to improve market share is only going to cause problems later on and can’t really work in an economic sense.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.eduwonk.com/2007/12/russell-crowe-and-the-choice-supply-side-problem.html/comment-page-1#comment-194 Anonymous Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:43:00 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2007/12/russell-crowe-and-the-choice-supply-side-problem.html#comment-194 Is it bad for charters to be associated with private school ideas like Catholic schools or vouchers? Wouldn't that just make more people think charter schools are not public schools when in fact they are public? Is it bad for charters to be associated with private school ideas like Catholic schools or vouchers? Wouldn’t that just make more people think charter schools are not public schools when in fact they are public?

]]> By: Double H http://www.eduwonk.com/2007/12/russell-crowe-and-the-choice-supply-side-problem.html/comment-page-1#comment-190 Double H Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2007/12/russell-crowe-and-the-choice-supply-side-problem.html#comment-190 GGW is definitely wild! But I think your point here about cooperation within the choice sector is a great compliment to the portfolio model being attempted by large urban districts such as NYC, Philly, and now NOLA. I would expand your suggestions to include districts as potential cooperators/collaborators. In the current context for urbans, no one provider can do it all. Districts have to become more savvy about collaborating with other in-school and out-of-school providers. Check out the Annenberg Institute's Smart Education Systems (http://www.annenberginstitute.org/Idea/index.php) new (old) idea that calls for cross-sector partnerships that upset the status quo and help catapult student achievement beyond proficiency towards excellence. GGW is definitely wild! But I think your point here about cooperation within the choice sector is a great compliment to the portfolio model being attempted by large urban districts such as NYC, Philly, and now NOLA. I would expand your suggestions to include districts as potential cooperators/collaborators. In the current context for urbans, no one provider can do it all. Districts have to become more savvy about collaborating with other in-school and out-of-school providers. Check out the Annenberg Institute’s Smart Education Systems (http://www.annenberginstitute.org/Idea/index.php) new (old) idea that calls for cross-sector partnerships that upset the status quo and help catapult student achievement beyond proficiency towards excellence.

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