People are turning this into a silly private versus public debate. As someone pointed out earlier, the problem isn't funding but the problem is a societal perception on education in America. If you simply made it private, that doesn't change perception of the schooling system in America. Whether it makes it cheaper, more expensive, less or more accessible, etc it doesn't change the heart of the problem. The heart of the problem is no one cares.
We are in a society that rewards things such as entertainment, sports, religion, business manipulation, even crime to a certain extent. None of which in the society that rewards those who put in an honest day's work, have a decent education, or strive for intellectual excellence.
I do agree either the system needs to be completely public where there is complete government control or it needs to be completely private but that's going to depend on how you view things. I think it should be completely private because if it's public that is going under the assumption that everyone deserves schooling. And that people can think in a private system that everyone will have schooling is simply outrageous. This is capitalism people haha.
The point is we waste money ever year sending people through school who essentially don't give a shit. If they don't care why should I care. Same with private system. Even if they are paying for it, they are still wasting time of other potential students who actually want to be there. Whether its wasting money, time, or resources it's a flawed system because it goes under the premise that every one is ENTITLED to education. I don't see that as the case.
And when everyone else starts to notice that you'll see how the perception could easily be flipped. If you have a system BASED ON MERIT, then you will have a system that works. It doesn't matter if you are smart or not, it is based on merit. Meaning if you put the effort into being a school and actually try then you will be allowed to have schooling. If you don't well then you just don't get it. You can't simply buy your way into school because that is a waste of resources. Only those who want to be there and will show results thereof should have an education. The rest... well it's their own fault or their parent's fault.
As you can see you could easily flip perception on education here. Because now there would be a strive to be a the top... to care. Because if ya don't well ya just don't get it. Will have to depend on home-schooling, which I personally don't look to highly upon. And actually the system I proposed can be both public or private. Really I'd rather it be private because there is less chance for silly bureaucracy but it could work in theory either way. The point is you have to change the view of education first before you can fix the intellectual aspects of America. Simply privatizing it, further government control, or even extending the days won't fix the issue. You have to fix the heart of the problem and that is the American view on education. It needs to be seen as something to better yourself and get ahead in life... not something you do 5 days out of the week that you dread. Education right now is seen as expensive daycare... which it essentially is. That has to change first.
Everyone does deserve a decent education, but it doesn't mean it'll be handed to them. They have to prove they deserve education and then worry about money. Although I doubt there will be any truly justified society that would turn down a child that has the will to learn simply based on money. That is where the government could come in to help. Actually Japan has that system based on merit where depending on how well they do on test they can get money to have higher education. That's not such a bad idea. Point is, government's role should be to ensure that those who want to learn have the ability to do it and the private role is to ensure that the education is good.
