Quote:I think this sums it up very well I lifted it from Voices of Liberty: http://www.voicesofliberty.com/article/l...edium=post

 

Policy: Removing Government from Education
The Benefits:

• Standards will increase massively

Schools and staff won’t have guaranteed funding and wages, so they’ll be forced to deliver results for their customers (students and parents). If they don’t, they will lose customers to the competition, and could, ultimately, go out of business.

• Content will be aligned with the marketplace

Instead of teaching children a syllabus dictated by the whims of government bureaucrats, they will be taught by private sector educators who are more in tune with the trends and demands of the marketplace – and more able to adapt and change the syllabus accordingly. This means children will be equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to get ahead in the real world.

• It will open the door to huge innovation.

Education is a market with a never-ending supply of customers, and one where technology can make the costs of educating these customers very cheap. Under a state system however, there is no incentive or possibility for entrepreneurs and tech innovators to enter the market. But in a free market they will jump at the opportunity to enter it and disrupt it – the way they are doing to so many other industries. The innovation arms race that ensues will lead to one clear winner: the customer, who will receive a state-of-the-art education that constantly gets better and better as time goes on.

• Prices will tumble

The pressure on schools to deliver results or go out of business, along with fierce competition and massive innovation, will push the costs of education right down. Most will be able to afford it, and for those who genuinely can’t, charities and non-profits can fill the void. But it’s not too hard to imagine a future where a child can get a world-class education for the price of a cable subscription.

And there are many more benefits of the libertarian approach to education.

But education is just one of many areas in our society that libertarianism can transform. The key is letting people know about them in the right way – or if you prefer – the most effective way.

Today, that most effective way is by focusing on the benefits. The average Joe wants to know “What’s In It For Me?” So let’s tell him. Let’s make him see just how superior our product is to the alternatives on the market. Let’s be damn good salespeople for the libertarian cause.