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gabaix | 1 year ago

This is a good analysis.

About #2 (disincentivize charter education): parents created charter schools because they disagreed on the choices that was made for them in public education. It is very hard to fight this, as 1- they see a huge difference in test results 2- they want to give their children the best chances in life.

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Arkhaine_kupo|1 year ago

> It is very hard to fight this

Finland solution was to ban all private education. Once rich kids were forced to go to public schools, then suddenly education became a larger part of the gov budget, those parents spent more time asking for reforms, volunteering etc.

They have one of the best performant school systems in the planet. And all it takes is not allowing a percentage of the population think of education as optional

reliabilityguy|1 year ago

> And all it takes is not allowing a percentage of the population think of education as optional

How does the existence of private schools enables this thinking?