On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:00:32 +0000, Andy Hall
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:03:49 +0000, Mark wrote:

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:23:59 +0000, Andy Hall
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:25:10 GMT, Geoffrey
wrote:

I am not missing the point at all. You want schools to be subject to
market forces. I think that is a Bad Idea.

That's your choice. Higher education is certainly subject to market
forces. I see no reason why that shouldn't apply to all forms of what
we understand as state services today, including all forms of
education and healthcare.

And look what a mess higher education is in now!


Quite. It would have been far better to have left it alone and not
have attempted to make every establishment a "university".

So why do you want a similar model applied to schools?

Mark.