Business Success Is Easier | Neal McCluskey | Cato Institute: Commentary

Business Success Is Easier | Neal McCluskey | Cato Institute: Commentary: "There is a huge difference between running a business and running a school district, and it points to what is arguably public schooling's most crippling flaw: in business, you don't need public consensus to get things done. In something run by democratic government, you do."

" The collective is always an agglomeration of individuals, with their own needs, values, and goals. Trying to force all people into a single box, as a result, is a recipe for conflict, ending with either paralysis, domination by one group over all others, or lowest-common-denominator compromises that leave few people fuming but little improvement in the schools."

"Businesses, in contrast to school districts, deal with individual, free-thinking customers. They don't need to move the masses, they only need to satisfy relatively small groups. Their leaders don't need to be popular. Their products don't have to be acceptable to all. They just have to satisfy enough individuals to make a profit. And if they can't produce something that does that? They are held accountable: unlike public schools, which despite tough budgetary times are in no danger of going away, failed businesses cease to exist."