Are private schools a business?

[ZombieHorde]

I think private schools are a business because they exchange a service for money.

This poll was inspired by this thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8440734

[H2O Man]

1. I agree. n/t

[Blue-Jay]

2. Of course they are.

How would they be able to operate otherwise?

[DrDan]

3. what else would they be . . .. did some lightbulb just come on?????

[ZombieHorde]

4. Review the thread I linked in my OP. nt

[breadandwine]

5. I think the best way to look at this is that it depends on the type of private school.

If it's a religious school I do not think the primary aim has to be financial gain.

I also think that if Democrats were in favor of school choice we could beat the Republicans a lot easier than we are doing now where we have to contend with all the religious nuts out there who see Democrats as adversaries. Many of the greatest progressives have been religious men and we need to enlist that energy instead of alienating it.

[ZombieHorde]

8. Which objective method would you use to determine a school's primary aim? nt

[stray cat]

6. So do public schools - we pay them with our tax dollars to provide a service

[msongs]

7. private schools take $$ in at the bottom and send it to the parent business - taxes flow the other

way. Private schools are expected to show a profit.

Msongs