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Originally Posted by marsplasticeraser
So it's useful just to think though your point logically before getting so angry.
Education isn't a business, at least not K-12. It's a service that is designed to produce an educated workforce which can grow an economy.
You wouldn't believe it, but there are very few skills you would get from running a car dealership, a Wendy's, or being a radio host that apply to leading education.
Now you could argue that higher education is a business, and in many places it is, especially the US.
What will blow your mind is that those higher education institutions are largely run by education professionals. And at prestigious, private institutions it is often run by tenured professors, often ones with no experience running a small business. And they end up being the best in the world! Is it a surprise that where teachers have more input into education they have better outcomes (Scandinavia for one).
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The problem is when one political party realizes that the more educated a workforce is, the more likely they are to vote for the other party. And that's where it breaks down.