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0 pointslinuxlizard1y ago0 comments

Are the private schools forced to take any students? Or can they cherry pick just the best students? Do they reject anyone that needs an IEP? Public schools are legally obligated to provide an education to anyone, no matter how much trouble they cause. If these private schools take public coin, they should be required to follow the same laws.

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busterarm1y ago

When an airplane loses compression they instruct you to put your own mask on before you assist with other peoples'.

School should be the same way. Education should not be lowest-common-denominator. My kids should not have less opportunity because other kids have greater challenges.

Operating that way is ethical and humane.

eesmith1y ago

Why should my tax dollars go to have your kids attend a non-public school, rather than the ones needing oxygen at a public one?

busterarm1y ago

It's the same tax dollars. It's paying for kids to go to school. That's a public good. You want society to do this.

Why should your tax dollars only go to schools controlled by the state? Do you care that public schools in the US typically have worse outcomes and have to spend more per child to get there?

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busterarm1y ago

When an airplane loses compression they instruct you to put your own mask on before you assist with other peoples'.

School should be the same way. Education should not be lowest-common-denominator. My kids should not have less opportunity because other kids have greater challenges.

Operating that way is ethical and humane.

eesmith1y ago

Why should my tax dollars go to have your kids attend a non-public school, rather than the ones needing oxygen at a public one?

busterarm1y ago

It's the same tax dollars. It's paying for kids to go to school. That's a public good. You want society to do this.

Why should your tax dollars only go to schools controlled by the state? Do you care that public schools in the US typically have worse outcomes and have to spend more per child to get there?

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