Morris Dovey wrote:
Mark & Juanita wrote:
Morris Dovey wrote:

Out of curiosity, are the schools completely funded from tuition fees or
is there additional funding from other sources?

In the case of the elementary school, we try to set the tuition to
equal
the cost of education. As is the case for all non-profits, other
donations
also help to keep the tuition cost affordable. The high school is also
funded by tuition fees and other donations. In both instances, there
is no
external funding from a higher-level entity if that is what you were
asking.

I wasn't - I was curious as to whether the tuition represented actual
costs as a result of discussion up-thread.

Your input makes me a bit less resistant to Tim's position that
education should be privatized (but not enough so that I'm willing to
adopt his view without a /lot/ more information).


And therein lies the problem. We do not get truthful accounting from
our fine government agencies about the real costs and expenditures
for programs such as education. It's hard to make policy decisions
when you cannot fairly compare the options and consequences. Absent
a ton of detailed analysis that most of us do not have the time
or even the data to do, we don't know what the real cost of
public education is. My guess - and that's all it is - is that
private education is on par or cheaper, and delivers a better
product on average.

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