It's almost like one-size-fits-all is a bad idea.
On that thought, I wonder why we get so much choice in so many services that we buy but so little in something that matters as much as education?
On that thought, I wonder why we get so much choice in so many services that we buy but so little in something that matters as much as education?
Cynically, the reason choice is restricted is it's easier to do a bad job and get away with it when you have no competitors to be compared against. Because the public schools get substantial funding from the government, an entrepreneur generally can't compete on equal footing unless they have similar funding of some sort as well. Hence vouchers & charter schools as a mechanism for choice.
Personally, I don't want a choice, and I want what I receive to be high quality and accommodating of a wide range of kids.
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