Video | Intermediate Resource

Topic
That we should ban private scools

Breakdown
Actor – We (the government/education department)
Mechanism - ban
Subject – private schools

Reasonable basis statement
Both teams can agree that they want good educational outcomes for all Australian students

What to prove - Affirmative
— Why equity is better than choice in education.
— Why the instrument of a ban on private schools is effective and necessary to achieve educational equity.
— How governmental sole control in providing education services would be more effective overall than a dual system

What to prove – Negative
— Why choice in education is important for society
— Why uniforms are necessary/important for students.
— How the current mixed system is an efficient means of providing education for our demographically complex mix of students.

Common mistakes
— Straightforward topic but involving an interplay of quite complex ideas.
— Too much attention to behaviour issues.

Conclusion
— Black markets are not necessarily the only result of a ban. In this debate, market forces can shift the demand for private schooling to another form of private educational support.
— This debate also offers a clear reminder that one stakeholder groups does not necessarily have uniform interests

Banning Private schools