Comments on: Spending on Public Schools http://wintershaven.net/2009/07/10/spending-on-public-schools/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:38:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cori Bertino http://wintershaven.net/2009/07/10/spending-on-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Cori Bertino Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:35:06 +0000 http://wintershaven.net/?p=402#comment-1210 ye, but I always use & prefer this site... http://www.voucher-king.com got mine for free that way ye, but I always use & prefer this site… http://www.voucher-king.com got mine for free that way

]]> By: Joan http://wintershaven.net/2009/07/10/spending-on-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Joan Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:59:39 +0000 http://wintershaven.net/?p=402#comment-580 Tyler, It is a fair comparison, because a lot of people (like myself) currently do not contribute any funds in any way to private or parochial schools. If all the schools were private or parochial, nd none of us paid for schools through taxes, it stands to reason, these could be entirely paid for by the means you described, AND with the money I would save by not paying for schools through taxes, I would be able to donate or participate in local fund raisers, or even pay for at least part, if not all (as my parents did) of the enrollment cost for my grandchild! Wouldn't that be wonderful? Anytime there are special needs in a community, business people are interested, and that would certainly include people in the education business, who would build and manage schools for every special need group! Tyler,
It is a fair comparison, because a lot of people (like myself) currently do not contribute any funds in any way to private or parochial schools. If all the schools were private or parochial, nd none of us paid for schools through taxes, it stands to reason, these could be entirely paid for by the means you described, AND with the money I would save by not paying for schools through taxes, I would be able to donate or participate in local fund raisers, or even pay for at least part, if not all (as my parents did) of the enrollment cost for my grandchild! Wouldn’t that be wonderful? Anytime there are special needs in a community, business people are interested, and that would certainly include people in the education business, who would build and manage schools for every special need group!

]]> By: Tyler http://wintershaven.net/2009/07/10/spending-on-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Tyler Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:08:15 +0000 http://wintershaven.net/?p=402#comment-555 That's not exactly a fair comparison either, since (a) private schools, especially parochial schools, are supported by charitable donations, endowments, grants, additional fees, etc. It's not really fair comparing tuition to average per pupil cost. (b) Public schools are required to handle special-needs kids, whose cost makes a noticeable impact in the per pupil cost. However, I must admit that those two factors are probably not enough to overcome the huge discrepancy in cost. This site ( http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=1118 ) seems to account for at least the first one, and still they say that private schools cost about half that of public schools. I stand corrected! That’s not exactly a fair comparison either, since (a) private schools, especially parochial schools, are supported by charitable donations, endowments, grants, additional fees, etc. It’s not really fair comparing tuition to average per pupil cost. (b) Public schools are required to handle special-needs kids, whose cost makes a noticeable impact in the per pupil cost.

However, I must admit that those two factors are probably not enough to overcome the huge discrepancy in cost. This site ( http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=1118 ) seems to account for at least the first one, and still they say that private schools cost about half that of public schools. I stand corrected!

]]> By: Jacob Wintersmith http://wintershaven.net/2009/07/10/spending-on-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Jacob Wintersmith Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:18:06 +0000 http://wintershaven.net/?p=402#comment-554 Here is some data which provides a much more direct comparison: <a href="http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/04/03/dc-vouchers-better-results-at-a-quarter-the-cost/" rel="nofollow">D.C. Vouchers: Better Results at a QUARTER the Cost</a>. Here is some data which provides a much more direct comparison: D.C. Vouchers: Better Results at a QUARTER the Cost.

]]> By: Tyler http://wintershaven.net/2009/07/10/spending-on-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Tyler Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:07:12 +0000 http://wintershaven.net/?p=402#comment-553 While I agree with most everything you say on this blog, I don't know if this "utter catastrophe" is due to the monopoly. The closest thing to seeing what privatization of public schools would be like would be to examine education on the college and university level. According to this site ( http://www.finaid.org/savings/tuition-inflation.phtml ) , if you plug in some numbers, you'll see real tuition more than doubled from 1979 to 2001 (a shorter period of time). Almost makes California public schools seem like a good deal. I think it is probably very likely that both these disasters are due to these industries not perfectly mirroring market-based economies. But just given parents choices of where to send their kids to school does not automatically drive prices down. While I agree with most everything you say on this blog, I don’t know if this “utter catastrophe” is due to the monopoly.

The closest thing to seeing what privatization of public schools would be like would be to examine education on the college and university level. According to this site ( http://www.finaid.org/savings/tuition-inflation.phtml ) , if you plug in some numbers, you’ll see real tuition more than doubled from 1979 to 2001 (a shorter period of time). Almost makes California public schools seem like a good deal.

I think it is probably very likely that both these disasters are due to these industries not perfectly mirroring market-based economies. But just given parents choices of where to send their kids to school does not automatically drive prices down.

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