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Subject: Re: Let's privatise schools

Author:
Siannach

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Date Posted: 23:42:39 07/05/02 Fri
In reply to: Sadie 's message, "Re: Let's privatise schools" on 20:28:40 07/05/02 Fri

>
>>We allow privatisation when it comes to higher
>education,
>>and this seems to work very well (with true excellence
>>being achieved in the finest institutions). Why
>>shouldn't we do this in primary and secondary
>>education, too?
>>
>
>Well, given how much debt many of the graduates of the
>truly excellent institutions have, I'm not sure it
>works as well as all that. Seriously, I do think
>higher ed works fairly well, but it is a burdensome
>expense for many, and I have a problem with risking
>that level of expense for 12 additional years of
>education.
>
>Also, higher ed is different in that the people being
>educated are old enough to take at least some of the
>responsibility themselves, and it's somewhat optional
>(though less so all the time). I think it's entirely
>possible that higher education works in a largely
>privatized model for reasons that don't apply to
>primary and secondary education.
>
>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.

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