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Originally Posted by GGG
It improves education by forcing competition. Right now if a person is unhappy with the Public school they are assigned they don't really have much choice. They can go to the publically funded catholic system if they are baptized or shell out big dollars and go to a private school.
If the public system is the best choice then the private schools will all fail and no one will choose to go to a private one. If their are deficiencies in the Public system these will be exposed and forced to improve.
I really think that the adversarial nature between the teachers union and the province and the province and the school boards essentially prevents any real change from occurring. There just isn't the impetus for change. If schools are loosing funding and boards are loosing jobs there will be demand to change the system.
In Calgary the CBE seems to perform quite well in all of the metrics used to evaluate schools but if some schools under perform providing competition to force them to improve or be closed is a good thing.
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One of the best aspects with the public system in Alberta (well, at least Edm and Cgy), is that students are
guaranteed a spot at their designated school; however, they may attend
any public school so long as there is room.
Similarly, have you noticed the number of alternative educational settings available within the public system? The further allows choice, without compromising the system.