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Commercialization of the welfare -a Swedish phenomenon?
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<blockquote data-quote="mindlight" data-source="post: 64180233" data-attributes="member: 21246"><p>You have asked quite a specialist question. In the UK there are public and private schools. It is possible to get a profit in a private school but their reputation depends on being able to produce pupils attractive to the universities and the grades of students which are also related to a standard and official grading system.</p><p> </p><p>I believe grants are sometimes given to private schools by the state to allow poorer pupils to go to good schools for instance. I was myself in a school which accepted these grants but then changed from privately funded grammar school to publically funded comprehensive as a result. It lost a lot of its independence but maintained very good standards through the transition.</p><p> </p><p>The principle of competition between schools is there whether in private or public sectors. I find it hard to believe that employers and universities cannot tell the difference between good and bad schools in Sweden. If private ownership reduces costs then good but it must also maintain or improve standards and we have a standard in grades to measure how well they do.</p><p> </p><p>Swedens overall ranking is lower than the OECD average but not disastrously so but much lower than the German or UK system for instance</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ourtimes.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/oecd-education-rankings/" target="_blank">OECD Education Rankings &ndash; 2013 Update | Signs of Our Times</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mindlight, post: 64180233, member: 21246"] You have asked quite a specialist question. In the UK there are public and private schools. It is possible to get a profit in a private school but their reputation depends on being able to produce pupils attractive to the universities and the grades of students which are also related to a standard and official grading system. I believe grants are sometimes given to private schools by the state to allow poorer pupils to go to good schools for instance. I was myself in a school which accepted these grants but then changed from privately funded grammar school to publically funded comprehensive as a result. It lost a lot of its independence but maintained very good standards through the transition. The principle of competition between schools is there whether in private or public sectors. I find it hard to believe that employers and universities cannot tell the difference between good and bad schools in Sweden. If private ownership reduces costs then good but it must also maintain or improve standards and we have a standard in grades to measure how well they do. Swedens overall ranking is lower than the OECD average but not disastrously so but much lower than the German or UK system for instance [url=http://ourtimes.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/oecd-education-rankings/]OECD Education Rankings – 2013 Update | Signs of Our Times[/url] [/QUOTE]
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