tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817171247555815363.post580658931775680889..comments2024-03-26T05:57:44.937+00:00Comments on True Economics: 3/2/2012: De Kaufman Door 1TrueEconomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07350536454228478974noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817171247555815363.post-67253049384983193902012-02-05T11:07:18.999+00:002012-02-05T11:07:18.999+00:00The "education" debate in Ireland has on...The "education" debate in Ireland has only taken an anti-private schools turn because of the uniquely Irish situation whereby private fee paying schools also get their teachers funded by the state on more or less the same basis as schools in the "free system" and could (up to 2010) draw down capital grants for school buildings and improvements. I have worked in the fee paying schools and in the non fee paying, and I can tell you that fee paying schools enjoy far superior facilities and having their basic teacher allocation funded by the state, they can use fee income to employ additional teachers and thus offer greater subject choice. This is not a level playing field. I'm with you on most things, Constantin and I enjoy your blog. On this one, however, you don't seem to know what you are talking about. By the way, in most of Ireland, the voucher system would make no difference as there is usually only one or two schools to choose from. Secondly, schools in Ireland can use "ethos" to turn away prospective students, which happens in over-subscribed schools.bcroninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07713756148361640967noreply@blogger.com