Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“The number of POTENTIAL government students has been decreasing since 2007, when birth rates began falling. That was the beginning of the turning point, the ‘crisis.’ Private education and homeschooling are increasingly reducing the number of ACTUAL government students as well. Will some people experience negative effects from this ‘crisis?’ Yes. Parents may have to make some difficult choices about where, how, and from whom their kids will receive education. Fewer potential teachers and administrators will have jobs waiting for them if they choose to major in education in college. These are the kinds of problems that markets are very good at dealing with. Government monopolies, not so much.” (11/12/26)