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Private schools engage in cream skimming. Whether that gives better results for the public schools is decidedly questionable.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Tue May 26th, 2009 at 09:15:38 AM EST
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Cream skimming?

At least in our system, each pupil has a check, kind of. This check is given to the school of the pupils choice. There's no other mode of financing the schools.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue May 26th, 2009 at 09:24:57 AM EST
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Private schools can expel or refuse to admit students who have behavioural issues and/or academically challenged. Public schools can't.

I don't know what you call that, but I call it cream skimming.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Tue May 26th, 2009 at 09:31:01 AM EST
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They can't in Sweden.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue May 26th, 2009 at 09:39:15 AM EST
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Oh? Then what's the difference between a private and a public school?

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Tue May 26th, 2009 at 11:24:40 AM EST
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Public schools are run and owned by the local authority ("kommun") while private schools ("friskolor") are run and owned by private interests, often the teachers and or the principal.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue May 26th, 2009 at 11:42:57 AM EST
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