> any metric public schools are worse than private options This is highly case by case. Sure, the very worst schools are public, but that's because they're in

> any metric public schools are worse than private options This is highly case by case. Sure, the very worst schools are public, but that's because they're in the worst areas, where people are definitely too poor to be sending their kid to private schools. On the upper end, though, it's far from clean cut. Comparing Bay Area schools, both the best and the worst schools are public. You have to go down the list of top ACT/SAT scoring schools a-good-long-while to find a private school. Because we just have really good public schools available. > more indoctrination What could possibly be more indoctrinating than in-school religious practice? Religious private schools definitely blow any secular institution out of the water when it comes to indoctrination. The key issue is introducing price discrimination into an already blighted schooling environment just exasperates the brain drain. The only reasonable solution is making the schools available in those areas better, not giving up on them entirely.