Finland ranked seventh in the world in OECD’s student assessment chart in 2018, well above the UK and the United States, where there is a mix of private and state education

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    On the one hand, a significant number of people are motivated to improve public education. On the other, a handful of billionaires’ kids move overseas. That’s an insignificant trade-off, isn’t it?

    Countries that invest heavily in public education have the best education standards in the world - see Finland as one example. Even assuming a couple of billionaires aren’t better off, why would I care - especially given the massive benefit to the broader population.

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      1 year ago

      What I think would happen is that I would lose private education for my kids and the public ones will still be shit, like all public services in my country

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        1 year ago

        Why would you think that given the fact that this is more or less what the countries with the best education standards in the world do?