Finland ranked seventh in the world in OECD’s student assessment chart in 2018, well above the UK and the United States, where there is a mix of private and state education

  • @WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    Yeah - I mean solving for broader governmental failure in a country I didn’t understand well is probably a little beyond the scope of this conversation - that’s a far broader issue that negatively impacts this solution, but really isn’t a reflection on its efficacy. Seems like there’s little changing that situation without broader structural change.

    Whatever the situation though, I hope it improves.

    • @fbmac@lemmy.fbmac.net
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      01 year ago

      The trade-offs probably aren’t the same for developed and 3rd world countries. I want the free public schools to be as good as they can and have the private ones too

      • @WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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        11 year ago

        While this is almost certainly true, as I said, I’m concerned having a paid “out” of the public system not only divests the wealthy’s interests from having a strong public system - it pushes them in the opposite direction, as they’ve now got to help pay for a public system that they see no benefit from, which will produce kids that will be competing with theirs for jobs, etc.

        Considering the disproportionate political power that comes with wealth, I think this is inviting failure.