Industrial Virginia wrote:San Lumen wrote:Yes schooling should be compulsory till 18. Education should not be something left to the free market. Schooling shouldnt be about supply and demand and being competitive. What's to stop an area from saying oh we don't like x group so therefore we won't build any schools in their area? Education is a right of all.
But why would they do that? A large inspiration for the market to build a school would be to make a profit and employ people.
In farmlands, at parts where companies own the large farms, or towns where some company's factories are the primary employer, you think they'll want to educate their workers? If their workers are educated, they leave to get better jobs, and if more and more leave, no more workers.
The free market shouldn't dictate who gets education, nor should people have to pay companies for education, especially when they can't afford it. Public education systems give everyone the same opportunities, and allow them to move up in the world. In fact, I'd argue for the abolishment of private schools in many cases.