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Re:'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco by elzbardico on Sunday April 16, 2023 @09:36PM (#35595899)
The rich will always have those outlets, and nobody is going to take them away from them, because they have the power. Now, with the disappearing middle class, we just call them rich, and made them pay for it has been the default for a long time.
Re:'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco by diordiderot on Monday April 17, 2023 @02:43AM (#35597478)
> The rich will always have those outlets

The Nordic countries have the best schools in the world.

Private schools are banned.

Well except for Sweden. They introduced vouchers in the 90s and as soon as they did, their rankings started rolling like dung down a hill.

Re:'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco by alex_sf on Monday April 17, 2023 @03:23AM (#35597702)
This is often repeated when talking about education, and it is absolutely wrong. Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland all have private schools.
Re:'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco by Erwin on Monday April 17, 2023 @03:10AM (#35597624)
Denmark has had a private school system for decades, and 15% of students go into the private schools (as a parent you pay a portion of the costs so it is not necessarily extremely expensive). "Private" mostly means that you still have to teach specific basics, but you can do it in your way like Montessori.

One advantage of the private schools is they can kick out students they cannot manage easily, while the public schools have to keep everyone. Some recent strutural changes in the public shools are said to have declined their quality, enough so that many government ministers, even of the left wing, are sending their children to the private schools.

I guess it's one of those Nordic myths -- like high minimum wage (there is none in Denmark).

Re:'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco by redeeman on Monday April 17, 2023 @07:03AM (#35599110)
> Some recent strutural changes in the public shools are said to have declined their quality, enough so that many government ministers, even of the left wing, are sending their children to the private schools.

they did that before too :) couldnt possibly expect the politicians to send their kids to the same filthy schools as the plebs now could we? :)