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Originally Posted by AChimp

How does a poor private school provide quality education that's better than public schools?

First of all, how do you define a "poor" private school? In theory, vouchers could be given out so generously that even middle class or possibly upper class citizens would send their children to the same schools. That is the beauty of the voucher system.

I have never heard of a public school out-performing a private school in my entire life. Getting rid of public schools would only further their performance by making the field quite competitive. In the market, you need to efficient to compete; with governmental programs, you are already secure in your position.

Originally Posted by Walter Simand

It's worth noting the Canadian public (and some separate) school system is much better than its US counterpart for the simple reason that it gets adequate funding, while the US public school system does not.

Uh-huh. You might want to look up your facts. America is one of the top spenders on education, and it has worse results than many of the countries that spend less.

Originally Posted by James

So, if we eliminate all the public schools, and make the private schools accessable to everyone, doesn't that make the private schools public schools?

Technically no, because private schools do not have to accept everyone. They could, for all they want, exclude all blacks, jews, and gypsies. However, the odds of this happening are unlikely; it is, however, quite likely that schools specializing in different needs might arise. For example, a school dealing with those who require special education.

Originally Posted by AChimp

And you didn't respond to my question about the dumb kids.

I find it highly unlikely that we are going to be able to get rid of dumb kids. That doesn't mean that private schools are the same quality as public.