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Originally Posted by David
. . . Financially, it costs practically nothing! It certainly doesn't cost the billions spent on schooling infrastructure, administration, policymaking, childcare, social engineering, hardware & software, travel, R&D, teacher unions, public relations, & all the other crap the DoE buys.
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It's a fine line though. In Utopia, education is free and great. However, in places like the poorer parts of the inner cities, that goal mostly in unobtainable because the many parents (if one or both are still around) are likely working two jobs and/or are drug addicts or in jail for some other crime. That is a very sad statistic, but it is a reality. So, what happens to these kids if the state does not take care of them and expose them to some kind og reading and thought? I think that if they survive, then they will have even less of a chance than they have now to better themselves.
But, I do agree with you on the larger point that the education system in the US needs a vast overhaul and that gearing it toward literacy and thought provoking discussion is the way to go.