Reply #47: Private schools for the elite tend to be better however

[Chimichurri]

private schools for the average american who cannot pay the prices the rich pay are not better. I went to a private school priced for middle class families (which was still very expensive for my parents) but my brother went to public school. He had many more programs and better ones then I did. That was because his school got state/federal funding where mine did not. My school depended solely on the tuition paid by the parents which did not come close to the money the public schools received. Also, the teachers at my school were paid a fraction of what the public school teachers were paid and that's not saying much.

Privatizing public schools will hurt the average american on many different levels. Mostly, having to pay for your kid's school from grammar school - college while still paying high property taxes (for states who fund eduction via property taxes) will be a huge burden for parents. It will never equal the amount of money provided by the federal government. Who will benenfit from your paycheck? Schooling will become a business to which keeping in the black will be priority number one at the expense of the students. One only need to look at the private contracting of our military and our voting machines. Our kids will become fodder for those in power who will see them as a product to profit off of.

Imagine what our country would be like if many are left out of the education process because they simply cannot afford it. Like everything else the republicans touch, reading and writing will become a pay to play scenario where only those who can afford it will learn.