The NYC public school system is a failure? You don't say!

The Court has ordered the government to come up with a blueprint to fix the problem by next summer. Well, I have one word that will do the job:

PRIVATIZATION!

The argument against private schools on the basis of expense if wrong. If we get rid of public education, we all save lots of tax money, which parents can then use to fund their children's education. Further, because of the naturally high demand for education, owners of schools will be compelled to offer reasonable tuition rates.

The computer market is a wonderful example. Demand for the machines is incredibly high, yet prices keep dropping while computing power keeps increasing. Manufacturers realize that the money is in selling more machines at a low price, not in selling a few machines at a high price. Similarly, school administrators will air on the side of reasonable tuition. If they don't, they will go out of business, because parents will turn to the school that gives them more value for their dollar.

Further, the private sector has already shown its better at education than public schools. What are more and more kids enrolled in state-funded schools doing? They're signing up for private programs that teach them to read, write, etc. (things public schools are increasingly unable to do).

Private schools can also do something unheard of in public education: teach sound values. Tired of schools that not only fail to teach kids the basic but cram a liberal agenda down their throats (I can't even count the times I've heard of school sponsored gay days programs and the like)? Wouldn't it be nice to have a place to send your kids where they not only learn for a change, but do so in a decent environment?

If only there was a way to take advantage of this opportunity in New York to do something good for the City's school-going children...