If so, the private money, equipment and volunteer time that goes into the public schools disproportionately attended by already-advantaged children just widens that gap. Of course not. But they do raise this unexpected issue. Schools buy everything from school buses to supplies. There s doing business with education, and doing the business of education.
Many parents prefer private schools, such as Regina, operating alongside the public system.
The Amish opt out altogether. Home schooling now involves over one million children. Start talking about vouchers. Charter schools are a hybrid. Parents may organize a private school, with public money, but run it independently.