[tehabwa8557]

Uh, you left out all the reasons for public schools.We signed the Declaration of Human Rights, which stipulates free education for the young.It's in everyone's best interest to have a well-educated citizenry.Turning it over to for-profit means only the children of the rich get access to an education.I've never heard a plan where the "subsidies" would pay enough. But why add a middle-man?If there's profit in it, and there would be, the companies running schools would have the kids sitting in lean-to's with no materials, so they could pocket all the expenses.That IS what corporate American does no -- takes all the money; provides no services.Companies are no more competent at what they do than the government.For-profit entities would turn our schools into even worse propagandists than they currently are (or should I say they'd do an even better job at brainwashing the young).The thing to do is fix the system, not burn it down.Although having a building that doesn't leak or fall of students's head IS a first step, what we need to do is improve educational goals and methods.Step 1: dismantle "No Child."Step 2: Pare down the curriculum from mounds of trivia to the much fewer real central, biggest bang for the buck ideas, and teach students how to use them.Step 3: Pay teachers a living wage, and train them to lead students to become deep, clear, relevant, accurate thinkers, using the tools developed by scholars.