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No matter how many presidents spend ever more on education, the situation gets worse.

President George W. Bush had his "No Child Left Behind"聽initiative. Now President Barack Obama is promising more spending. 聽Even if approved, nothing will come out of it.

The plans promise emphasis on testing and additional funds for more programs and better teachers. These are the same promises made for decades with no visible results.

The solution involves better selection of students and teachers - and neither is in the plans.

A few factual reminders:

Governments have been meddling with education in all Western countries, in some for centuries.

These countries have co-existing private and public sectors for education.

Until the early 1970's the public school system worked well in all these countries. In France, the public schools actually provided far better education than the private ones.聽 Underperforming students were thrown out of public schools and sent to private ones.

Three decades later, the situation has reversed itself. Public schools in France encounter similar problems as their counterparts in Canada and the U.S.:聽 a drastic decrease in the quality of teaching and in the knowledge of students.

The issue thus cannot simplistically be "private" vs. "public" education.聽 Something else must be considered.

-Article by Professor Reuven Brenner

Read full article: , February 17, 2011