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BBtB, in Oregon, schools essentially have to do just that--compete for students. Each student comes with a dollar amount on their head--the more students, the more dollars for the school district. The state funding model was redesigned in the early 1990s to have more "equality" across the board between small and big school district. The problem is, the small school districts budgets are being drained by students with special needs/disabilities, despite the fact they come with extra money. The larger school districts require--supposedly--larger bureaucracies that drain dollars away from the classroom. Such a funding model is not practical, nor is it advisable. Oregon students suffered before the budget cuts, and they'll be suffering after, because of the state funding model. It's ineffecient and wasteful.
I don't have an issue with government control. I would totally support a socialist government, such as those in the Netherlands or Sweden. I do, however, have an issue with unnecessary bureaucracy and infringement upon my person rights (i.e. the PATRIOT Act).
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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