Education (Why it should be Privatized)

I hate the American Public School System. Conversely, I love the Private School System and the Japanese Public School System.

Now, this will cause some to roll their eyes, but there is a reason for this. In both of my favored programs, the money follows the child. In Japan, education taxes goes to where the child is sent. The child is not forced to go to a school because it is the closest one, but rather goes to the one that the parents wish to send them to. This is most pronounced in High School, where the students test into different High Schools, much the way they do in Private Schools across the US.

Also, in case people haven't noticed, the Public Schools in Japan currently rank in the top five at all levels regularly.

here in the US, the top schools in a metro area are dominated by Private Schools. Why? Because if a child is having difficulty, the administration is forced to sit up and pay attention. Why? Because the kid's parent's are directly paying their salaries.

This is the direct opposite of the Public School System, where it is the government who pays the teacher's salaries. Also, it keeps power-hungry organizations such as the NEA, out of the schools.

If we can do it this way, then the money will follow the kids to not just the Private Schools, but the Public ones as well. This way, students can leave failing schools, and go to only the ones they want to attend. And for no extra cost to the government, at least in places with Public Transport that is.