Infuriating. In this form, private education is an absolute cancer.

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    9 months ago

    You first. You ever try going to a poor school district? There’s a reason why public school districts have ratings. Easy to say, but nobody even slightly well off wants to go where testing scores and the rest of the school metrics are worse in every way.

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      9 months ago

      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.

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      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.