When public schools do not serve the needs of all, citizens and government have the responsibility to improve them. A strong public school system is the best assurance for individual and national success in the global economy. Some critics see the key to providing excellence in education as cooperation and partnership, not competition. They envision new coalitions of parents, public and private schools, community leaders, businesses, governments, churches and synagogues working together to bring about excellence in education for all children. Competition among public and private universities and colleges has produced the best system in the world.
Competition also exists among school districts.
Communities compete to attract corporate and individual tax payers. To do so successfully, a community must have good schools with a good reputation. Today most parents have limited or no school choice. We need to maintain or gain the confidence of our constituency every year. The moment our parents are dissatisfied, they exercise their option to enroll their children somewhere else.