Then, free public schools would be truly local operations with lower overhead and an ability to focus on basic fundamentals of education–which to my mind includes civics, music, art, drama, natural sciences, literature, local history, and field trips to natural, historical and cultural museums.
Private schools really ought not be looking for public funds, for they must, of necessity, come with strings attached. Which is why religious schools should be as independent of government funding as possible.
Private schools located in poorer neighborhoods can be adequately-funded by grants from private non-profits devoted to various educational pursuits. It is not impossible. It just takes determination and patience.
The sooner we liberate economics and education from government-control, the sooner we will have prosperity and young people who can read and think and speak and write properly.
It should not take 14 years to educate our nation’s young people. They are not “smarter” or “better educated” than their grandparents or great-grandparents. They are brainwashed.
Let’s work the problem, people. Not focus on side issues.