Highlights From The Comment Thread On School Choice
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Summary
A Highlights-From-The-Comments companion to the school-choice/Contra-Robinson-on-schooling discussion. Curates commenter contributions with Scott's responses: nonprofit/for-profit being slippery terms, Certificate-of-Need laws, food deserts being mostly debunked, the Delta Cost Project on what's driving higher-ed costs (student life/admin), and the standout — the Swedish voucher experience as 'the market delivers what you want [good grades], not what you need [good education]' (grade dilution), with the grocery/ice-cream parallel. Scott defends his Cato graph and the test-score analysis, and ends somewhat more pessimistic about charters but still pro-careful-experimentation.
Why this score
Quality 66 · Strong. Strong floor. A well-curated highlights post genuinely lifted by Scott's own responses and a few sharp commenter points (the Sweden grade-dilution 'want vs need' argument, the Delta Cost Project breakdown). Held at the companion-cohort level as secondary curation rather than original essay; level with Piketty-Highlights (66).
Claude’s paradigm shift 35 · Slight. Slight–Moderate (35). Curation of others' comments plus Scott's replies; surfaces fresh points but is derivative by format.
Real-world impact 2 · Minor. Minor (2). Carries some substantive discourse points (the Sweden want-vs-need argument) into the school-choice conversation; otherwise within-blog companion reach.