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human
I think private schools should be abolished. CMV.

I live in the UK and would prefer a British perspective on this, if possible - I'm not familiar with the details of the US education system.

My problem with private, fee-charging schools is that they help to sustain inequality. As they charge fees they have more money per pupil, which should mean that the quality of the education provided is better. However, a child who goes to a private school and benefits from this education has not done a great deal to earn or deserve it - although they may have passed the entrance exam, their parents also need to be able to afford the fees. So children of the rich have a head start in life that allows them to get even richer, which they have done little to deserve. This makes society less meritocratic and decreases social mobility.

In addition, if rich and powerful people have an alternative to state schools, they do not have so much of an incentive to work towards improving these schools.
gpt
Do you also believe that private microwaves, cell phones, food, cars should also be abolished, since they all cost money and richer people get better ones, thus increasing inequality? 


Private schools are actually different from the above because they have more financial aid that public schools, so they actually allow some really strong social mobility. 

Since when do children have to "deserve" something to be given it by their parents? 


Whenever you even say "inequality" its unclear if you want to improve conditions of poor people (sounds good to me) or just bring rich people down (has never done any good in the history of the world). 

Assuming you want to improve education of poor people: At the end of the day your narrative is that public schools don't improve or even change because  somebody doesn't have incentives. False. Public schools don't improve just because they are public. If they educate people better, it's not like a teacher is going to get a bonus. If they educate people poorly, the teacher will not get fired. There are no processes for improvements and looking for scapegoats never fixed anything either.