Subj : Re: FAILURE
To   : Tracker1
From : Finnigann
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 11:06 pm

-=> Tracker1 wrote to Finnigann <=-

 Tr> Finnigann wrote:
 >> Pouring more money into a failing system is not the answer.  Some of
 >> the highest funded schools continually rate at the bottom of the scale.
 >>  The problem is the schools are not being held accountable for the
 >> results they produce.  If, however, it became a private enterprise,
 >> they would either produce, or go out of business and someone else would
 >> fill their shoes.
 >
 > If they are as regulated as Public schools... you might have something. But
 > they are not and can't function as well as public schools AND turn a profit.
 >
 > I think we have been down this road before.

 Tr> Okay, this is utter crap.. there are plenty of private schools that do
 Tr> *WAY* better then public schools... for that matter colleges are
 Tr> jointly funded, public and private, and compete very well... people
 Tr> tend to care more when it's their money on the table... that aside, I
 Tr> think it is a civic responsibility to have public education.  That
 Tr> doesn't mean it needs to be controlled by a bureaucracy.

But it remains the first duty of a private company to turn a profit. CEO's that
ignore this, soon are busy looking elsewhere for employment.




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