No Gruss, you are wrong. If private schools do not have to accept people on basis of race, religion, test scores, IQ, money, athletic ability or special needs, then they have a completely unfair advantage in every way. That would not be the "free market" education you have been preaching about.
If public schools could cherry-pick their students like private schools do, then we would see test scores jump overnight for these schools as well. The difference between a private school and a public school is that a public school has to take EVERYONE who wants to go. This level playing field for all students is both the blessing and the curse of our public school system. If private schools want to get public money, then I think (as well as everyone I've ever talked to on the subject) that they need to adhere to the same rules that public schools must meet. This should also includes fair hiring practices, freedom of speech, and the like. If, on the other hand, you don't think that private schools should have to follow the same fair practices, do you think that public schools should? And if you think private schools shouldn't, and public schools should, have you thought that out to its logical conclusion? Exactly who is going to be left in the public school system? And how is this preferential treatment of some schools over others a fair market for education? On 10/27/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jerry wrote: > > It is only fair. > > I don't see it that way in this case. The public schools would only > be taking federal dollars *if* they could convince the parents that > they had the best system for their kids. I think the fed could create > minimum threshold standards but beyond that it should be by choice. > > The difference here would be that nobody is forcing Kid Y to go to > school X as it is with the public system; that kid can go anywhere she > wants. Therefore whats fair is that she have the choice on where to > go. > > If a school, public or private, creates rules that everybody agrees > suck, then no kids will go there and the school will die. That's > plenty fair. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178506 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
