From: Randall Parker 

In <39209bf4{at}w3.nls.net>, note these cogitations from
greggstrom{at}earthlink.net Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l:
> And it is also the relative lack of a non-religious market that prevents a
> market from emerging.

No, its the fact that public school is "free". Vouchers would
create a large market overnight.

> (You wouldn't believe the reaction from Markus's born-again wife when they
> were arguing about schooling for their daughter.  The mother was confident
> that insisting on a private school would equal a religious school.  When I
> told Markus about Montessori, she freaked!)

There's a Montessori school and another private school in the old seminary
buildings next to the Santa Barbara mission. Really nice location for
schools.

> Through one of my writers, (who should NOT be a school teacher), I have
> extensive contact with many other teachers in the public school system --
> their belief in "the collective" and fear of competition is
so pathological
> it seems religious.

I think the public and more socialistic nature of these schools is what
attracts them in the first place.

> There really needs to be many more providers for the education market.  The
> tax laws artificially skew this market in favor of church-run institutions.

Really? I think you could operate a private non-profit school. Why not?

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