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You should do some reading on pre-public education America, there actually wasn't much demand for it and private education served communities very well.

• vkou 8y ago
  Exactly how well did private education serve black communities in America? That demographic had a >50% illiteracy rate, in 1900. [1] [1] https://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp https://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp
  • NeoBasilisk 8y ago
    You won't get an answer to this.
    • excalibur 8y ago
      It was a rhetorical question.
• __jal 8y ago
  Which communities would those be?
• soundwave106 8y ago
  Pre-public education America was also more rural. The rise of public education is tied to some degree to industrialization and urbanization in the 19th to early 20th century. (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6403-6_32 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6403-6_...). This makes sense as industrialized jobs (even the industrialization that occurred in rural areas) often require more complex skillsets. As I see it, our society requires more complex skillsets than ever. So the need for an educated population is actually greater today compared even to when public education first rose up. I'm fine exploring many ways to increase educational opportunity (which may include the inclusion of private firms). But based on the private college market (think diploma mill scams), I'm very distrustful of any politician who thinks that completely dumping education onto the private market with zero oversight is a good idea.