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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I don’t blame parents, no. But on a society level, the streaming of high income and elite education is not good for society. It’s the primary reason why there’s less social mobility in the U.S. and UK than there is in Canada and Germany. Lower correlation between affluence and access to education = more egalitarian society = less social strife.
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This is true. But the UK doesn't fund private schools with tax dollars and we do, and our system works better than theirs for the purposes you're discussing. I think other factors predominate.