Completely private education system? Does it work anywhere?

Question

I've never heard of a country with a completely private education system that I remember... just wondering if there is one and how it scores against other nations?

some are fine... some are scoring HORRIBLE on the NCLB... but that's not here or there...

I was just wondering if it has worked on a national level anywhere... it's a lot different when it's a choice and when it's manditory...

Answer 1

There are only two ways there could be a competely privitized education system.

1) If it is in a really poor country and the government can not administer education, then schooling will only be privatized and only for the wealthy.

2) Only a rich nation, when i mean rich, i mean there is a large middle class, then there could be a completely privitized education system.

However, I have never heard of a completely privitized education system in any country before. But if there ever was to be one, i would think it would there would be one in Japan or Sweden where there is a large middleclas. Nonetheless, privitizing education will marginalize poorer citizens.

Answer 2

You don't need a whole country.

There are plenty of private schools and charter schools operating all around this country. And they're doing fine.

If you take back all the tax money that's lost arguing about education, plus all the tax money that actually goes to funding education, most people above the poverty line would spend about the same amount on a good local charter school as they spend in taxes. And local contributions to the school would be a lot more efficient.

I can respect the idea of a government organized education system. The problem is, the government is so bad at organizing anything because of bureaucratic inefficiency, the idea of a well functioning public school ultimately fails.

It's a catch-22 system. People aren't interested in contributing to education, so the government takes tax money to pay for public schools. But the government is bad at organizing public schools, so people get upset with the education system. It's a vicious cycle that's only going to break when people start caring for each other and caring for children as much as they care for their next reality TV show.

Answer 3

I haven't heard of a completely privatized education system, but I wouldn't dismiss the idea either. As a public school teacher, I can definitely say that a government-sponsored program is extremely faulty. Many Americans want to socialize medicine, and all I can think of is how these same Americans complain about the public education system (not to mention the postal system- they have their own term for offing co-workers!).

The obvious problem with privatizing is that poor children won't be given the same benefits as richer children, and that's not cool. I welcome the charter school idea- let's see how that works out in the long run and go from there.

Answer 4

To my knowledge there are not countries that currently have a private education system, but there are many times in history where it has been that way in various countries, including America.