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Originally Posted by teh603
I'd trust the government with our kids' education before I would a big business. Remember the joke about the guy who was born in a railroad town?
There's the good probability that a company "providing" education would charge a lot more than even a christian school, and would probably focus on math and science at the cost
of the humanities and social scientists. It might even try to find a way to make sure that whatever skills the children learn can only be used working at that company. Instead of vendor lock-in, think employer lock-in.
As for taxpayer-paid cell phones, not a chance. The kids I see at work all have iPhones or something running Android.
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No I don't remember a joke like that, is that something you would hear in a
teacher's lounge or union rally? If so that's probably why I never heard it.
If the "company's" business is providing an education and the parents are
paying (or using their voucher) at the school that they select, based on
their own criteria, what are you afraid of? You are aware that "Charter
School" companies receive less per pupil (and have better test results)
than the public/union/government schools receive per pupil? [See the
latest version of John Stossel's "Stupid In America" (the Fox version not
the ABC 20/20 version] The Fox version spends more time on this topic.
I would also certainly expect that there would be schools offering a more
practical curriculum that would "focus on math and science at the cost of
the humanities and social scientists", and that many would choose those,
over an education that provided little or nothing to support a technological
work environment.
The problem with having the government do it, is that they (at least here
in the USA) don't allow competition, and they have and use plenty of tools
to prevent any. (There are also politicians that can be persuaded to use
those tools to prevent or restrict any competition that a connected/favored
company may face, which is what this "Bill to ban muni broadband" sounds
like.)
Luck;
Ken