CB> MS>CB> Some say, if schools were run like small businesses, they 
CB> would save
CB> MS>CB> money and educate students better.  But small businesses fail 
CB> at the
CB> MS>CB> rate of 50% a year.  Do we really want our schools to be run 
CB> like 
CB> MS>CB> small businesses?
CB> 
CB> MS>You said in another post the same day that the NAEP found that 
CB> only
CB> MS>38% of HS seniors could come up with an adequate written 
CB> MS>response to some sample they were given to read.  That 
CB> MS>means that public schools already have a higher failure 
CB> MS>rate.
CB> 
CB> Although low reading scores ARE a significant problem, it is nothing 
CB> compared to the chaos that would be caused by 50% of the schools 
CB> closing down every year, sometimes in mid-year.  What would the 
CB> students do then?  Not only would fewer than 38% of our children be 
CB> unable to write reasonably, about 50% of them would be on the 
CB> streets.
    You're assuming that 50% would shut down all in one year.
    And are you saying the main function of public schools is day care?
    Further, demand creates supply (as with dope and lightbulbs) is a basic 
economic principal.  Many existing buildings, notably churches, have unused 
classroom-style space that is unused all week.
CB> You can try to run a school like a small business, but it will never 
CB> be a success.  There is no profit in schools
    Greensboro, NC, already has one for-profit "academy", and a second 
for-profit elementary school was just started as a sideline by an established 
day-care chain there. 
    Middle-class flight from the public schools there and a shortage of 
non-profit school slots fueled this.
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