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> The private school system in Australia saves the government money. Per student funding in the private system is lower than per student funding in the public
by Paul-ish 9y ago
> The private school system in Australia saves the government money. Per student funding in the private system is lower than per student funding in the public system. This money is then available to spend more on government schools.
Isn't this selection bias again? More difficult (expensive) students may get shunted into the public system.
- sien 9y agoA number of private schools roughly kick out people in the bottom 10-20% of results. They aren't necessarily that more expensive to teach, the private schools just don't want them. The really expensive kids (say 20K+ per year) are those that are seriously disabled and they almost all go into the government system. But, if the government only has to pay ~1/3 of the cost of about 1/3 of students who are in the private system there is more money available for them.
- stevenwoo 9y agoThere is a weird situation in Texas in the USA. The state is limiting the amount of funding for each local district to 8.5 percent for special education with the end result that families end up going to private schools to get special education. The one family in this school ended up paying 50,000 per year for private school for two kids with a readi ng disability. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/denied/7/ http://www.houstonchronicle.com/denied/7/