The essay, “Attempts to Limit Competition Are Little More
than Stealing from
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rankings of U.S. universities and
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factor behind the superior performance of U.S. universities can be
attributed to intense competition (even in the state-run schools). In contrast,
primary and
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unions.
Sources: Education at a Glance, 2007 and
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2006, both published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
s t bank as well Development (www.oecd.
org). The members of the OECD are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, South, Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and
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Attempts to introduce competition and
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have been met with vigorous and
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defenses offered by opponents of more competition include the following:
(1) better funding for public schools will produce better test scores, (2) forprofit
schools and
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(3) school vouchers (which allow parents to choose where to send their children
to school) will help rich parents more than poor ones.None of these assertions
is supported by the data and
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competition in a handful of school districts over the last couple of decades.
More money does not necessarily translate into better performance.