Toss education into the private sector, problem solved. The market will sort out what education formats perform best - what else you guys want to talk about?
"The market" prioritizes short-term gains, and stratifies the wealthy and the impoverished. Allowing the market to work on products that amplify that stratification is inherently unstable.
The point of the article is that investment in Amazon is growing because Amazon has a business model built on stable infrastructure and expansion modeled as a large conglomerate of essentially separate business groups which distributes risk, and is thus better able to weather negative environments (see e.g. the stock's behavior during recent economic crises). It's being used as a hedge against volatility... in the short term. Because that's how markets operate. If you believed that you could make more money in the same amount of time elsewhere you would put your money there instead.
anyone with a spare $100
Being impoverished doesn't just mean that you're unlikely to have a spare $100 at any given time, it means that any negative life event is that much more likely to wipe out any savings you may have been able to accumulate, including an investment in securities.
You'd have to consult an attorney for a thorough answer, but my understanding is that US federal law requires public school districts (K-12) to provide an education for every eligible child. The ADA applies to children with disabilities, and districts must provide their special educational needs as much as can be done (there are limits of course but expectations are high).
Schools often don't look for kids who need beyond average services, and may defer, even resist doing so unless parents make a point of pushing the issue. I've known parents who have taken schools to court to get cooperation. Too bad that's necessary, schools invariably relent. It is the law.
I can tell with certainty that my kids do not have all that much choice when it comes to education. By the time they will be old enough to get that choice, their education will be mostly done thing.
That's a poorly thought out platitude. Plenty of rights are also choices such as the right to vote, to remain silent, to bear arms, to a trial by jury.
You said "Education isn't a right. It is a choice." By the pragmatics of English, this is reasonably interpreted as "Education isn't a right [because] it is a choice". Pointing out that other rights are choices refutes that. If it wasn't what you were trying to say, you should clarify.
It's funny how the people who believe that the Invisible Hand of the Market will fix everything forever generally claim to be opposed to faith-based ideology.
