I have said nothing of the sort, and never would. - Edit 1
Before modification by Tim at 06/05/2011 10:09:04 PM
You are free to send your children to a private school if you wish, and that's as it should be. I plan to do so myself when I have school-age children.
What Boudreaux's article says is that private schooling should be the only option. That is absurd because then hardly anybody would go to school. I also think it would be wrong to make public schooling the only option. Not as wrong, because then at least everyone would be in school. But then you run into the problem you mention – dragging everyone down to the lowest level – and there's simply no need to do that. The best thing is for there to be two options, which is what both our countries have.
Of course, there's plenty of room for improving public schools. But that's a different point altogether.
(Trans-atlantic note: I'm speaking American here and saying "public school" for what I would normally call a state school, and "private school" for what I would normally call a public school.)
What Boudreaux's article says is that private schooling should be the only option. That is absurd because then hardly anybody would go to school. I also think it would be wrong to make public schooling the only option. Not as wrong, because then at least everyone would be in school. But then you run into the problem you mention – dragging everyone down to the lowest level – and there's simply no need to do that. The best thing is for there to be two options, which is what both our countries have.
Of course, there's plenty of room for improving public schools. But that's a different point altogether.
(Trans-atlantic note: I'm speaking American here and saying "public school" for what I would normally call a state school, and "private school" for what I would normally call a public school.)