Why not?
Without the burden of taxation the population would have much more free capitol to invest in charities they feel ideological connections to.
In a nutshell, the problem with privatizing education is that idiots like GW are able to go to Havard while some poor genius has to work at Mcdonalds because he or she lacks the resources. It's horribly stupid.
Murkow said:And I'm pretty sure that even private universities have to answer to the ministry of education (or whatever it's called in the US).
when i read corporate I read private institutions or businesses whose business it is to run schools... if by corporations you mean McDonald's or Murdoch's company could run schools, then I request a change of vote to "secular charity".
Hm... in my experience it doesn't work like that. Without taxation the "capitol" of the poor still drains away and now they also have to pay for basic things they previously got from the state (which they probably won't be able to).
Whereas in countries with high taxation people still seem to have free capital to invest in charities (or themselves) because they get free health care, legal help, paid pregnancy leave, unemployment money, education and so on.
(The US is not considered a country with high taxation, and even if it were, it's an exception, since the tax money is squandered or redistributed to the rich, not given back to those who need it the most.)
It's assumed that you'd be sending them to a corporation's school who you respect.
Religious or if I couldn't find a religious school I was comfortable with, Charity.
Edit: And homeschooling does not mean unsocialized. I absolutely believe parents should have the right to educate their children at home and would support their receiving funds for materials and compensation for the educating parent, as long as they had some level of accountability.
I fully agree with you. I believe in home schooling despite being a public school teacher (I've also taught in private school and during the summer I always work at a private school)
As long as a parent has accountability then I'm all for it. It can be a wonderful experience. I don't think that homeschooled children are unsocialized. In fact they probably (depending on their parents involvement) have better socialization. If a home schooled child is being shown that the world is more than their school/neighborhood/town/state/country and their parents are taking them out into the world to learn more about what their education is preparing them for and why it's important. Well that's more than I can do (having to fill out papers in triplicate to take my class on field trips or use a particular book (I'm not talking about the bible...which I would def use if I home schooled my children) I'd rather have a child socialize with the woman looking at a particular piece of art in a museum, than have him talking about the latest video game with "Bobby" during math...(they are going to do that anyway) I'd rather have my child hear a lecture by some famous author who's speaking at the city library, than watch a movie because the teacher needs to catch up on his/her paperwork (I NEVER do that btw..which is why I'm always behind on my paperwork) Anyway I didn't vote for any of those options because I suppose Im for a modified version of public education.
As long as at the end of all the museum trips and lectures, the kid has a chance to go out and scrape his knees skateboarding or playing tag with his friends, or hanging out in garages or basements playing music... has a chance to interact with kids his own age, homeschooling can be incredible...
Frankly, even secular-liberal private schools in the U.S. tend to focus entirely on Judeo-Christian histories to the detriment of exploring other cultures... they'll spend years on the former and a month (of poorly taught classes) on the latter.
Without public education the bottom 20-30% of the population would basically get no education.
Without public funding the burden remains on the parents, corporate and charity schools don't exist and probably never could on a large scale.
Possibly the greatest tool on control and force of stagnation present in today's society is the public education system and the state control over curriculum.
If education were to be privatized would you prefer to enroll your child in a school supported by charity, a corporation or a religious group?
This is of course assuming you lack the resources to have your child attend a purely tuition supported school.
I'd love to see you take that up with Pure Mercury.