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Five private schools spent as much on new facilities in one year as 3,000 Australian public schools
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2024
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Private schools are a disgrace to the country and should be banned entirely.
Access to education should not depend on the financial lottery of your family, nor should we be funding this inequality.
They should not be banned. However, they should not receive public funding.
They should be banned. You want rich kids going to school with poor kids.
Rick kids going to school with poor kids does not fix education. Already public schools in wealthier areas score equivalent to private schools with the same demographics. Banning private schools will mean more kids get a worse education. Instead we should focus on improving public schools where they are lacking. The problem is going to get worse as teachers are priced out of home ownership in cities.
Id prefer university to be free for all rather than wasting money paying for more public schools education of those who can afford to pay for it, and wish to.
In Finland, 99% of education on all levels (primary through university) is public. Private schools only exist to serve very special needs, and are not allowed to charge exorbitant fees.
Finland has got some of the best academic outcomes in the world. It goes to show what you can do when you invest in public education instead of starving it of the necessities.
Yes, and this is why in the UK, house values are related to those scores. So it leads to even more disparity and keeps richer and poorer kids apart as all the poorer kids are pushed out of the better, wealthier schools over time by nature of housing.costs.