Education

Should private schools be banned to make education fully equal?

For

Everyone deserves equal education, not privilege by wealth.

Against

Competition between systems improves overall quality.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Having everyone attend public school, and giving public schools more resources than they get now, would narrow the gap.
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  • Banning private schools would distribute those great teachers to other school districts.
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Against

  • Banning private schools would only serve to lower overall education standards, while keeping the educational gap just as wide as before.
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  • If you ban all private schools, rich people will still get better eductions.
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