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 Originally Posted by oskar
I'll say it's a bad thing. I don't think private schools should exist and everyone should start on equal footing. Why do you say you can't equal the playing field by spending equal money on each student? Of course you can.
My point has been helped along by others, but I should answer.
What's the consequence for not sending your kids to public schools?
How would it be enforced such that rich people can't buy their way around it?
Why no equal playing field?
Because we can't mandate the amount spent on each student, only the amount spent by the state on each student.
Because in the scenario I described, the 2 high schools in my district were receiving equal state funding per student (I assume), but that one of the schools nonetheless had a lot better equipment and facilities. This is because the community in one school's district invested more heavily in their high school than the community in the neighboring districts. It had nothing to do with the state and everything to do with people's freedom to spend their money where they want. They wanted to spend it on the high school in my district.
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