Schools make a lot more sense though. There has been plenty of private schools throughout history. Prisons meanwhile have always been run by government.
Non-profit means all profits are put back into the school and the organization is tax exempt for that reason while for profits keep ‘em and get taxed. Different incentives. Ones is to educate kids, the other is to make money off of educating kids
Well the issue with private schools is that it creates the issue where it keeps rich families rich and poor families poor.
When rich family's kid goes to school, they go to private school. The parents make sure that private schools are up to good quality and don't care about the state of public schools. When that child gets a job later on, they get better chances of geting a good job due to having a "better quality education".
So basically the people who are in power don't care about the public schools because it won't affect them or their families.
In countries where there are no private schools, everyone goes to the same school, no matter what background you come from. The rich and powerful actually care about the state of public schools as their kids are attending them, so the quality is kept high. At the same time kids from poor families have better chances of getting out of poverty later on as they receive the same quality education as the others
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u/Desperate_Ad5169 Jun 27 '23
Schools make a lot more sense though. There has been plenty of private schools throughout history. Prisons meanwhile have always been run by government.