Friday, February 6, 2009

Quote of the day

From "School Choice as Simple Justice," a classic article by Berkeley law professor John E. Coons which appeared in the April 1992 issue of First Things:
We still arrange education so that children of the wealthy can cluster in chosen government enclaves or in private schools; the rest get whatever school goes with the residence the family can afford. This socialism for the rich we blithely call "public," though no other public service entails such financial exclusivity. Whether the library, the swimming pool, the highway, or the hospital—if it is "public," it is accessible. But admission to the government school comes only with the price of the house. If the school is in Beverly Hills or Scarsdale, the poor need not apply.

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