[veddox]

The Toqueville argument is a fair point, but the no-agendas-in-public-schools is nonsense. Every school has and actively teaches a worldview (aka an agenda). Banning all non-government schools simply means that all kids are taught the same worldview. (Which suddenly doesn't sound that democratic anymore...)

[NoRagrets]

Re Toqueville argument: I would take the stance that upward mobility is because of capitalism, not because of public education.