Economics Questions

Re: Education: Private v. Public

Wheylous — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:48:09 GMT

I've aggregated some articles on education in the education section of LibertyHQ:

http://candlemind.com/projects/progclub/file/michael/edu.php

I think there were some studies in there.

Specifically, this article appears to be what you seek:

http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/they-spend-what-real-cost-public-schools

Re: Education: Private v. Public

Lady Saiga — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:55:21 GMT

You may have more luck researching home schooling avenues, parents who home school track costs pretty well. Some of those websites might break down overall costs with comparisons. I'm not aware of specifics, though.

Education: Private v. Public

Phi est aureum — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:18:20 GMT

As a libertarian, of the ancap variety, I am fully in favor of abolishing public schools, compulsory attendance laws, and allowing education to be fully privatized. However, I'm wondering if anyone knows of studies that compare the costs of public schools compared to that of private schools. I realize public school budgets are not always transparent, and this poses a problem of course in noting the real costs. I have only found one paper by the Cato Institute that looked at this issue. I'm looking for insight and discussion on this issue.