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Posted By: MissyClar, on host 208.40.17.38
Date: Monday, November 13, 2000, at 14:38:10
In Reply To: school vouchers posted by Howard on Monday, November 13, 2000, at 06:57:59:

This tears down the public schools by reducing available funds. What does it do for the private school? It increases their enrollment and provides money to widen the gap between public and private schools. If the process continues, there might someday be no public schools and all of the private schools would have the very same problems that have reduced the effectiveness of public schools.

First of all, where I live, huge amounts of school funding are wasted on teachers union crap and other things that don't have anything to do with educated children. Right now, public schools basically have a monopoly on education with government funding. It would be in the best interest for progress in education to give these public schools some competition, so they'll actually have to give children quality education in order to keep students coming to those schools. So, by allowing public schools and private schools to compete, the quality of all education should rise. And isn't that what capitalism is all about?

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