Keith Hudson wrote:
> There'd be enough examples of good teachers in a state school who
> could attract good students from discerning parents if they could be
> released from the control of London. But the educationists have been afraid
> to try this so far because they know in the heart of hearts that there'd be
> an overall improvement. It'll happen one day -- perhaps still quite a long
> way off for you because Canada is not so highly centralised as England.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Here Keith is reaching the core of the issue. The problem is centralization
rather than "state" as such. But, you can have centralization in private
corporations too --even more of it--, especially in large corporations.
And guess where increasing privatization and merger-mania leads to ?
So, even if private schools would be better than state schools as such,
it's just a matter of time that private school corporations become
vast and inefficient -- with the additional disadvantage of lacking
democratic checks and balances.
As with the scary NHS horror stories:
The problem isn't "the state" but that poor Keith picked the wrong state.
Chris
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