Private Schools Line Up To Become Free

Due to the government’s policy to instate more free schools a number of private schools will become free schools.  This will, according to some, have drastic consequences for neighboring schools. These other schools might lost a number of students to the newly instated free schools and this in turn might lead to job losses in these schools. On the other hand, parents of students who could under normal circumstances not afford the fee for their children to attend a private school with an alternative view on learning now do have that opportunity.

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I personally believe that the article and the people interviewed for it are putting a big emphasis on the schools, but not as much on the students. This leaves me to think about what the consequences for the students would be. I think the students might very well benefit from having more versatility in the schools they could attend. I do however think it might be too big a step to start converting so many schools into free schools without having a clear view on what the consequences might be on neighboring schools and the pupils themselves. Perhaps it would have been a safer choice to appoint one school as a means of experimenting.