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The experiences that were made from privatizing Swedish schools were: * generally worse results and increased inequality * 5 companies dominate the market, an
by gahahaha 14y ago
The experiences that were made from privatizing Swedish schools were:
* generally worse results and increased inequality
* 5 companies dominate the market, and makes huge profits
* Sweden has fallen from 3rd to 19th on the PISA test in reading.
* huge quality differences between schools
* schools have become a "sorting machine" where motivated parents and pupils choose certain schools and avoid other schools.
* The experience from Sweden, and research from OECD shows that more competition in school does not produce better results.
- Egregore 14y agoCan you provide any links?
- yesbabyyes 14y agoOn PISA tests: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment#Results http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Stu... http://www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk/2011/01/why-gove-no-longer-cites-sweden-as-a-model-for-education-reform/ http://www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk/2011/01/why-gove-no-lo... Article from Swedish Radio: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=4891874 http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&... Report on OECD report: http://www.antidotenews.org.uk/?p=628&dm_i=LEV,ACD6,33QOY1,TOTD,1 http://www.antidotenews.org.uk/?p=628&dm_i=LEV,ACD6,33QO... Mostly it's in Swedish media, though. And what's been most criticized is the ability to extract profit from state funds, given that the biggest independent schools are owned by off-shore VC companies. The situation is similar with Swedish healthcare.
- gahahaha 14y agoSee my other comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4262430 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4262430
- marbleint 14y agoYeah, any data to back this up would be great
- gahahaha 14y agoAny piece of info in particular you wanted sourced, or just all of it? You might need to whip out Google translate. Jakobsson, Anders; Oscarsson, Magnus; Karlsson, Karl - Göran. Det fria skolvalet hotar kvaliteten Svensk skola. http://www.newsmill.se/artikel/2010/12/09/forskare-fria-skolvalet-hotar-kvaliteten-i-svensk-skola http://www.newsmill.se/artikel/2010/12/09/forskare-fria-skol... About Sweden's plummeting PISA scores in reading: PISA 2009 – Executive Summary, OECD 2010 page 15
- Muzza 14y agoNow, since I'm not in favor of any form of mandatory schooling it doesn't really matter to me exactly why the Swedish schools suck... But you must keep in mind that there was another, rather large reform in the early 90's: the responsibility for the schools were transferred from the state to the municipalities. This hasn't exactly worked out well either and surely has had impact on the PISA rankings (see e.g Maciej Zaremba's articles in DN, http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/maciej-zaremba-en-forolampning-mot-barnen-sa-sankte-skolan-kraven-pa-laskunnighe http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/maciej-zaremba-en-forolampning-... ).
- kaonashi 14y agoMr Ledin goes one better. “We do not mind being compared to McDonald's,” he says. “If we're religious about anything, it's standardisation. We tell our teachers it is more important to do things the same way than to do them well.”