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Essentially recommending teaching your own kids something... illegal? I'm definitely left-leaning, but this is kinda Left times 4000?

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• rbanffy 8y ago
  I agree it's a radical idea. A more palatable approach would be to just adequately fund public schools in a way they'd out-compete the lower end of the private school spectrum. Remember that when they deal with poor students, they'll need to invest a lot more in the student to reach the same outcome. Also, an increase in minimum wage, and curbing flexible work schedules and other factors that prevents parents from giving their children adequate attention would do wonders. Then, as another step, removing all tax breaks for for-profit schools should free additional resources for public schools and further drive up the lowest range private ones (by killing off the low end, again). Rinse and repeat. Another neat thing would be for public schools that receive donations to share those with either all schools in the region or with a "buddy" school in a less wealthy area. This is specially important in systems that tie one geographically to a specific school according to their area of residence. The wealthy will always be able to afford private tutors and to secure advantages for their offspring, and I'm not discussing whether they are or not "fair", but the large majority of the population deserve a more equal society. Disclaimer: I grew up in Brazil, where there is a huge gap between the poor and the middle-class and I moved to Ireland, where the gap is much, much smaller, a couple years ago and I can tell you this is a much better way to structure a thriving society.