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Subject: Re: Let's privatise schools

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Astrid

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Date Posted: 22:06:26 07/05/02 Fri
In reply to: Sadie 's message, "Re: Let's privatise schools" on 20:28:40 07/05/02 Fri

>Higher education doesn't have to work for everyone.
>People commonly relocate to have access to whatever
>option they feel is best for them; while people may
>move across town for a good elementary school
>district, most people are not going to move farther
>away than that. Children whose parents are not
>motivated or aware enough to seek out the good schools
>in a privatized system are going to suffer. This
>certainly happens with higher ed now, but the cost is
>not as high, and it's easier to recover. If you make
>a bad college choice at 18, you can make another at 20
>or 30. With early education, it's not so easy to
>re-do what didn't work the first time.

There would still be basic government standards that private schools would be required to maintain to be licensed. Do you mean to suggest you think that public schools are currently doing a better job than what you think the private sector, competing for tuition, could do? Right now public school teachers aren't even very accountable--in a public system they would be much more so. They would be paid in accordance to achievement in some cases.

Astrid

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Let's privatise schools	Sadie	22:11:46 07/05/02 Fri
Re: Let's privatise schools -- Astrid, 22:51:14 07/05/02 Fri Re: Let's privatise schools -- Sadie, 23:02:06 07/05/02 Fri Re: Let's privatise schools -- Astrid, 23:06:05 07/05/02 Fri Re: Let's privatise schools -- Sadie, 23:14:47 07/05/02 Fri Re: Let's privatise schools -- Astrid, 00:35:54 07/06/02 Sat Re: Let's privatise schools -- Siannach, 23:47:11 07/05/02 Fri Re: Let's privatise schools -- Siannach, 23:40:28 07/05/02 Fri Re: Let's privatise schools -- Astrid, 00:38:29 07/06/02 Sat Re: Let's privatise schools -- Raisinmom, 06:53:41 07/06/02 Sat Re: Let's privatise schools -- Astrid, 10:56:11 07/06/02 Sat Re: Let's privatise schools -- Raisinmom, 16:15:42 07/06/02 Sat Re: Let's privatise schools -- M23, 21:02:48 07/06/02 Sat Re: Let's privatise schools -- m23, 20:28:40 07/06/02 Sat