Alex Terego

The USA is home to 17 of the top 20 universities in the world, and is also home to one of the worst performing public school systems in the developed world. Why is this? One answer is that our universities compete for tuition dollars from the students or their families. The public schools do not have to compete; they simply serve a catchment area. What if they had to compete with other schools for students? Competition keeps businesses and colleges on their toes.