When the Government Both Provides Education and Covers Its Costs

Multiple Choice

When the government both provides education and covers its costs through taxation,

A) public schools have a strong incentive to supply a high quality education at a low cost.
B) parents are in a weak position to either discipline poorly performing schools or alter the quantity or quality of schooling provided.
C) competition between schools is greatly enhanced relative to a system of privately produced and funded education.
D) public school administrators are driven to care more about pleasing parents than about pleasing teachers' unions.