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Re:Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This ... by jacoblyles on Thursday July 28, 2011 @04:08PM (#2818686)
The Swedes have universal school choice (public or private). And I believe the Netherlands.
Re:Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This ... by _delirium on Thursday July 28, 2011 @05:12PM (#2818956)
Sweden's is an odd hybrid, because it has private schools, but they're heavily regulated: they must charge exactly what every other school charges (which is the value of the school vouchers), and must teach the national curriculum. Schools aren't allowed to charge extra on top of the voucher, so there's no price discrimination at all; in effect they're government subcontractors providing alternate implementations of the standardized product.
Re:Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This ... by 18pfsmt on Thursday July 28, 2011 @05:58PM (#2819120)
Hmm. So, it seem the definitions of public and private are skewing the ability to compare apples to apples?

There appears to be no way to "normalize" the data.