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Basically the 'if you can't beat em join' em method.
Do you think things like making it easier to expel students, the reintroduction of alternative schools for kids that act out and kids with disablities that make them unable to behave would help a lot? Basically, removing many of the competitive advantages that private schools possess in order to make public schools more competitive. From what I've seen having decent % of middle class and above parents that are very involved in their children's education is a great help to a school and they have options.
As a person who thinks public schooling is needed for strong democracies I'm curious if things like that can help public schools from being the place kids only go if theirs no other choice.
Would doing things like this be worth the trade offs? If you were to implement any like it what would you do?