Monopoly is the Name of the Game

[Keith Broaders]

As a student in school I was taught that Monopolies were evil. My teachers told me that monopolies destroyed competition and that the people suffered whenever they were compelled to do business with a monopoly.

My teachers explained that the quality of education suffered when the central government establish the Department of Education While the amount of money spent on educations has sky rocketed the test score have plummeted.

The only people that benefit from a monopoly are the owners and stockholders . One of the reasons our government was created was to protect "We the People" from the unfair practices of a monopoly. Why is it then that the government has created a Governmental Monopoly in Public Education.

If what my teachers told me is true, competition in education  is a ood thing when it is handled at the state and county level.

 If Public Education were handled at the local level there would be much more competition and the schools would have to earn their students by producing better results. The competition would drive the cost down while producing better results. When the Public Schools are not held accountable the quality of the education of our students suffer as a result.