It’s because of propaganda by the unions, and bureaucrats in both hospitals and education.  You mention privatization to a hospital worker and they immediately tell you how evil privatization is.  Teachers unions do exactly the same thing, and Joe public doesn’t take the time to think things through.

The full article link - on WJ

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323751104578146893344238424.html

Hope it works.

A second article - that has the short version
http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/its-time-to-bring-a-culture-of-competition-to-education/

“As Rick points out, for-profit education providers can be sensibly regulated, especially with respect to transparency–just as for-profit transportation and food service providers are. I would add that this regulation should create a level playing field between different types of providers across the for-profit, non-profit, and public sectors, not serve to benefit entrenched interests.”

When it comes to education, I am a little leery of for-profit schools. Why? Living in rural NL, tends to put a different perspective, when it comes to grocery stores and major chains. Last time I walked in the local grocery chain, the vegetables was sparse in selection, and what was available, it be good enough to feed the pigs, but a bit foolish to pay such a high price for the brussels sprouts that really should be given away free. Not fit for consumption, and another Christmas without my beloved brussels sprouts.

That said, if I wanted to jump in the car and go for a 2 hour drive, I find all my beloved foods, and at it much better price. That doesn’t mean I don’t like major grocery chains, but what I have observed is that the chains will not supply the more rural stores with high quality fresh foods and a variety of foods. So I end up going to the local independent, two minute walk, a family-owned grocery store, been in business for over 50 years and do the majority of shopping there.

I am just afraid the for-profit schools will delivered a poorer quality to the less populated areas of a state or province. Much preferred the non-profit schools to come in a big way, to stirred up competition, and compete with the public schools.

One just has to put the word privatization in the search engine, to see how overwhelmingly it is coming from teachers’ unions and the bureaucrats of the education system. The other week, I read one article that was crazy - claiming that the failure of students, the capitalists and the bankers were to be blame and not the public education system. The private reading programs for children was really bad news, because they are being fronted by equity investment firms. Ergo, the reading programs are no good.

Anyone can take this fuzzy logic, and ultimately blame the 1 % for their personal difficulties, but what I do not read in the many many articles, is to acknowledge the role that the public education system has played. Education quality has increasingly been eroded over the years. I even questioned it in the late 1970s, when my oldest child was in school, and since than has progressively education quality and outcomes has been eroded due to the actions of the education stakeholders of the pubic education system. Instead they want the public to blame the 1 %.......
and become the cheerleaders for the public education system.

So as Rick Hess has stated - ”  What once required a textbook can now be delivered faster, more cheaply and more effectively using new tools and technology. As schools, systems and suppliers respond accordingly, students will be well-served if educators, parents and policy makers recognize that public systems, nonprofits and for-profits all have vital roles to play when it comes to providing great schooling for 50 million children.”

I agree.

People just believe that “business cannot be trusted” with critical elements of society that also include the police, fire, army etc. People also believe that our giant monopoly in health care delivers far better health for less money than the American system.

The nations that lead the world in education do not accomplish this with private education and choice, they accomplish it with public education and excellence.

People barely tolerate private schools existing. They totally oppose giving public money to private schools.
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Personally I would tax private tuition very heavily.

If it was left in Joe’s hands - school version be the USSR state-run grocery store.

The professional class ( the small army needed to ensure compliance of the working class), would have all the bells and whistles, and the rest of the schools being in working class areas would be lucky to have desks. But the teachers be well compensated…..

What a silly proposition - tax private tuition heavily

The Asian nations certainly have an army of private tutors, and even the public school teachers can operate a tutoring business outside of their main job. As well, a host of private schools. Joe, you ought to go on the chat forums and read the comments of Asian parents. A lot of unrest among parents, discussing education quality…...

Look! Nancy and Doug agree on this topic.

Silent Night.

Nancy,

I would appreciate it if you did not distort my record. I prefer smaller classes iin working class areas plus earlier starts for ece with free wrap around child care plus incentives for hand picked staff to work in workung class schools.

Yes, my wife is Chinese and has SO papers. There are things to learn from asian schools but i have visited dozens of the classes. North American mothers would be horrified to see classes of 50, kids sleeping near the back, zero suoport for SE kids who are generally cinsidered “lazy”. 100% teacher centeed lecture education totally dependant on the exam. The Gao Cow exam in China totally determines your future.

Ontarians would never tolerate it.