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Re:Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading ... by throwaway27448 on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @04:13PM (#47868675)
So shifting this malpractice to private schooling will yield better results? Cmon we'll get bilked ten times worse. Or worse, we'll end up with christian-taught homeschooled kids that make Georgia look like a premier educational state. And they won't even speak georgian
Re:Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading ... by nradov on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @04:37PM (#47868997)
The pension issue has nothing to do with private schooling one way or the other so I don't know what point you're trying to make.
Re:Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading ... by throwaway27448 on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @04:43PM (#47869053)
Well surely corruption would be orders of magnitude worse under private management yea? Or are we pretending that schools trade on a competitive market, and that the US is a place that distributes money rationally? Cuz all evidence points towards privatization as a graft vector
Re:Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading ... by nradov on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @05:07PM (#47869288)
Buddy you've really lost the plot here. Privatization or lack thereof has nothing to do with mismanagement of employee retirement benefits. Both public and private employers can set up defined-benefit or defined-contribution retirement plans. Defined benefit pension plans create a huge risk for both private and public schools because current operating funds intended for educating students might have to be diverted to meet financial obligations to retirees.
Re:Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading ... by throwaway27448 on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @05:25PM (#47869483)
Ok, so why privatize?
Re:Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading ... by nradov on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @05:33PM (#47869563)
Privatize what? I'm not promoting privatization in this thread. You're still not making any sense.