There's already a wide range of quality under the banner of public schools. We all know that not all public high schools are made equal.
I, for one, think it might be better if post-secondary institutions or employers used a variety of independantly issued aptitude testing, which would in turn keep schools quality up. If a religious school can't reliably train children to pass a "MeatballCo. National Physical Sciences Test" then don't send your child there if you want him to excel in science. Provided some some of accountability and transparency on the side of the schools was enforced, I don't see this being a problem.
If it's more important for a parent to send their child to a religious muslim school than a school strong in science, I think they have that right. Employers don't have to hire those kids. Universities don't have to accept them. The market would take care of itself.
I think in general, the government should be enforcing things like accountability and transparency to prevent fraud on the small and large scale. Once we have mechanisms to 'keep everybody honest' I think the free market would regulate itself, in nearly all industries, wonderfully.
I, for one, think it might be better if post-secondary institutions or employers used a variety of independantly issued aptitude testing, which would in turn keep schools quality up. If a religious school can't reliably train children to pass a "MeatballCo. National Physical Sciences Test" then don't send your child there if you want him to excel in science. Provided some some of accountability and transparency on the side of the schools was enforced, I don't see this being a problem.
If it's more important for a parent to send their child to a religious muslim school than a school strong in science, I think they have that right. Employers don't have to hire those kids. Universities don't have to accept them. The market would take care of itself.
I think in general, the government should be enforcing things like accountability and transparency to prevent fraud on the small and large scale. Once we have mechanisms to 'keep everybody honest' I think the free market would regulate itself, in nearly all industries, wonderfully.
- Meatball
