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Because the public system sucks and the more money you have for that the more opportunities they will have.
by ainiriand 7y ago
Because the public system sucks and the more money you have for that the more opportunities they will have.
- mcv 7y agoThat the school system sucks is not an unavoidable fact of life, it's a problem that needs to be fixed. I admit, another problem on the big pile of problems that need to be fixed, apparently.
- sundvor 7y agoIt doesn't suck in countries such as Australia and Norway.
- jfnixon 7y agoWhatever could the difference be??
- 420codebro 7y agoThis mystery will be with us for a long time. Real stumper.
- flukus 7y agoState level funding is a big one, poor areas get the same funding for local schools as wealthy areas. I don't understand why "progressives" in the US don't support a more egalitarian funding model, it seems like a very achievable goal and compensates for quite a few privileges.
- meerita 7y agoThey have both systems. And public system always sucks, because there isn't an unlimited amount of good teachers for all the public offer and, not the same amount of resources. Private schools have better everything because there's competition.
- mcv 7y agoNot true. There are plenty of public systems that work very well, and better than private systems. Just look at health care systems. Schools could be the same, but you have to invest in them. Plenty of countries have excellent public schools.
- meerita 7y agoWell, The PISA results are agaisnt your bias.
- adrianN 7y agoIt's a problem that parents can't fix on their own by other means than sending their children to private schools.
- ForHackernews 7y agoAll the rich people sending their kids to private school does not fix the problem of poor public schools. If anything, it exacerbates the problem.