Should Schools be run like Corporations?

Question

I'm for schools being run like corporations because of the serious lack of education that this country is recieving. Parents would have the option of which school to send their kids too and in turn provide competition between public schools to become better. If one school is becoming subpar they should be able to be taken over by a better school. This would create a need to provide a better education. And in a sense the parents would act as the shareholders. With this notion, the goal would not to make money but to provide students with education.

Here are some negative counterarguments I've heard:

Corruption, which happened with the No Child Left Behind Act. (Teachers passing students to meet requirements)

Leaving underprivileged children behind

Not providing adequate equipment

Corruption, while possible, is minimal. Equipment would be considered fixed assets, and leaving underpriveleged kids behind would be one standard of judging the schools performance.

Answer 1

In the business world a corporation strives to buy the best and highest quality raw materials in order to ensure the best end product. This is not possible in the world of education. We take all children of all ability levels and work with them. Our "end products" may not always be of the highest quality but hopefully we have taken them to a level that prepares them for a self sustaining life in society.
You cannot compare schools and corporations.

Answer 2

Private schools are run like business's and seen to do better than state schools

Answer 3

no wno would pay for all the buses to go to all the different schools