Re: Equal opportunity (was Re: Will the free market solve everything?)

Martz (martz@martz.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 26 Feb 1997 20:51:45 +0000


On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, "J. de Lyser" <gd33463@glo.be> wrote:

>Maybe parents of children who perform good,
>should pay less for education, and parents of children who perform bad
>should pay more ? Again ethical problems arise..

Isn't that similar in principle to scholarships? A student who has an
established record of achievement is encouraged to realise their
potential by subsidising their costs. I don't see why the same mechanism
couldn't be applied more broadly.

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