If Elementary and Secondary Schooling Were Produced Entirely by Private

question 484

Multiple Choice

If elementary and secondary schooling were produced entirely by private firms and purchased by parents with their own money,

• A) parents would have a strong incentive to search out those schools offering their children the best education at the best value.
• B) schools would better cater to the desires of parents and supply education more efficiently.
• C) schools would face much stronger competition from one another that would tend to increase the quality of schooling.
• D) all of the above would occur.

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