Wednesday, March 05, 2025

Brits do it. Dutch do it. Even down in Oz they do it. Why can't US have public funding for private schools?

Brits do it. Dutch do it. Even down in Oz they do it. Why can't US have public funding for private schools? - Joanne Jacobs
How many parents want this? I'm guess not very many. But, unless they can afford to pay private-school tuition, they don't have a choice.
  • Most Dutch students attend a state-funded secular or religious school chosen by their parents...
  • "According to UNESCO, 171 out of 204 countries are pluralistic in some fashion," says Berner. The U.S. is an "outlier."
The culture war in the U.S. would be eased if parents could choose a school that fit their values, she argues in her book, Educational Pluralism and Democracy.

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