Equality again

[Watchman]

But how are you going to get private schools cheaper or public schools better?

There's a thing called "subsidies". If farmers and starting businesses can get them, why not schools ? Ours do AFAIK.

And decent pay level and working conditions have their own attractions.

If you have private schools that gives children that attends them an advantage, it will naturally be more desirable and its price will increase due to supply and command. It is impossible to avoid this circumstance unless the gov controls the private school at which it will become public and then spiral down in quality

Well duh - set up the system so the private schools don't give an advantage, which means enough decent funding for a proper public education structure.

What's with that "public = low-quality" assumption anyway, incidentally ?

[Suraknar]

What's with that "public = low-quality" assumption anyway, incidentally ?

Its not an assumption on the other side of the world...its is how education is in NA.

This is why, education in NA in order to be able to improve needs first to stop being looked at as a business. The problem is not how to do it, the problem is how to do it in countries where business is everything...

[rory_20_uk]

If a school can pay more for good teachers - regardless of how good is defined - the school will get better results.

People are prepared to pay a lot for the best start for their children, and so will pay for these better teachers. Unless private schools are banned they will generally be better than state schools - and that's leaving aside issues such as getting the best peer group and networking possibilities.

I think that all pupils should have a voucher that they give to the school they attend. Top ups are allowed as well. This is so those attending private schools are not paying twice, which affects those whoare sacrificing most for their children's education.