Some countries, like Hong Kong SAR, homeschooling is against
the law. There was a case many years ago that a mother was charged for not
letting her daughter attend school. The problem of school system nowadays is
"supply-driven" instead of "demand-driven". School voucher,
advocated by Milton Friedman, is popular in some US states. National
Science High
School (NSHS), Philippines
was conceptualized from Bronx High School of Science in New York . Eight Nobel Laureates in
Physics/Chemistry came from this alma mater.
A school voucher, also called an education voucher, is a
certificate issued by the government, which parents can apply toward tuition at
a private school (or, by extension, to reimburse home schooling expenses),
rather than at the state school to which their child is assigned. An
alternative to the education voucher is the education tax credit, which allows
individuals to use their own money to pay for the education of their children
or to donate money towards the education of other children.
Under non-voucher education systems, people who currently
pay for private schooling are still taxed for public schools; therefore, they
fund both public and private schools simultaneously. Via offsetting the cost of
private school tuition, vouchers and tax credits are intended to allow students
and families to choose the school that best fits their needs. Opponents of
school vouchers say allowing families the option of both public and private
schools undermines the public education system through threatening its funding
and enrollment. The beauty of school voucher is the consumer decides where to
study instead of government-assigned quota. Market forces and competitions will
encourage school to upgrade its teaching quality in order to attract best
students. If not, then wait for shutdown.
It would be best for schools to operate for the best
interest of the students. That's a rare nowadays because schools have to cope
with the changing times. Parents' authority over teacher is becoming a dominant
factor over student’s best interest.
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