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To: unclewest who wrote (130654)8/8/2005 3:29:04 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793858
 
I see absolutely nothing wrong with a profit motive for schools

Private schools have profit motive (they need to attract enough students to cover costs, at minimum), and they outperform better-funded public schools.

End of argument as far as I'm concerned, how bout you?

Derek



To: unclewest who wrote (130654)8/8/2005 4:24:10 PM
From: Ish  Respond to of 793858
 
<<We have a profit motive now in our schools. Have you ever met a teacher that didn't want a raise?>>

The sad thing is when school districts were created, they were given the ability to tax without accountability. That gives them the ability to RAISE taxes with no justification.



To: unclewest who wrote (130654)8/8/2005 4:45:22 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793858
 
Mike,

We've had this conversation ad nauseuem. Hardly makes sense to have it again. So long as education becomes a profit and loss center, there will be the usual incentives to cut costs. Less will flow to the work of teaching.

Competition, profit/loss works fine in the economy. It's destructive in other social realms--education, hospitals, the justice system, armies. You name it.


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