Public schools vs Private School vs Home school

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the2real4mafol said:

thranx said:

the2real4mafol said:

The thing with public is that you are guranteed a education which won't destroy your parents financially. I'm not sure if most parents want to have to look at each school about, like they are different. A school isn't a company and they shouldn't really compete with each other. Of course, they should have a chance to go to a good school, but that's often dictated by your home address. Private should be there as an option though, but public schools shouldn't be forced to go private like some of them are in the UK, currently. 

You need to look into what a voucher school system is. The parents do not pay, they get a voucher from the government and than get to choose were their child goes to school. Versus the normal public system were you have no choice, and thus schools have no reason to improve, they get their students and money either way.

ok i will, i never really heard of the vouncher system until now.

But in my country, it don't excist and we aren't forced to go to our nearest school either. As long as it's no more than an hour from home, than you can go to any school you like. It's not as open as a voucher system might be, but you still have a choice

All a voucher system is, is a system that allows children to go to the school of their choice, irregardless of location, up to a certain cash value, or full public education. That way, if a school is unsatisfactory (regardless if its public or private), a child is free to be removed and placed in another school. That way, failing schools have a huge incentive to get better, or face students leaving.

As it is in the US, you could literally have two schools beside each other - one failing students and horrific, and a fantastic school (both public), and the kids could be forced to go to the bad one, or face fines and jail time.