In my view, such a system will still need to be backed up by public schools, due to a number of possible failure modes:<p>1. Capacity shortages, which could be chronic and affect entire regions.<p>2. Who bails out the schools that fail? Who pays their creditors off?<p>3. Who provides seats to kids who can&#x27;t get into a school, or who get kicked out due to issues that include behavior, special needs, or low test scores?<p>An additional issue is the efficiency of transporting kids to school when nobody lives close to their school. How many minivan-miles per day are we willing to spend on the dream of privatizing the schools?<p>I agree that majority of parents care about their kids, but educated parents are vastly better able to discern the quality of a school, and to advocate for the interests of our kids.<p>The simple fact of having to transport your kids to school -- a burden for the working poor -- coupled with existing economic segregation, means that private schools will still be able to cherry pick which kids they want to serve, based on location.