ral education of their children. These choices are not good enough. The supply of education is not meeting the demand of concerned parents.A healthy supply of education could be achieved if government relinquished its control. The separation of the government from education would allow a true market to thrive. Whether controlled by profit-earning businesses or non-profit organizations, all schools would be private. Unlike the current situation, every school would be subjected to the competition of a free market. One problem with public schooling is that change comes slowly. Proposals must be taken to a vote, funding must be approved, and then reforms are implemented. Often, reforms are approved only to be deemed mistakes that need correcting through the same process. This is not the way business handles an issue when there is competition to be the best supplier. In a free market, suppliers must make quick decisions to keep the consumers endorsement. Another benefit of a free market in education would be the choices parents would enjoy. No longer would zoning restrictions deny children to a school based on where they live. Teachers would lose their tenure and be subjected to the same competition that everyone else is in the sometimes cut-throat job market. Why should teachers be protected from the consequences of sub-standard performances? Parents could avoid questionable curriculum, over-crowded classrooms, unsafe campuses, and disagreements with theological teachings by exercising their freedom to decide which school their children attend (Fritz). Parents currently have so few choices because education suffers from a situation that most of the governments regulations of the private sector aim to avoid: the monopoly of one supplier. The government should withdraw from education and allow parents to enjoy the healthy supply of a free market.Further, the average cost of a private school education currently provided by the...
