Fair enough, Andy. WFB somewhere or other said, “Sometimes, to be a conservative, you have to be radical.” My thought was incomplete. To fill it out, let me add that the public-school system isn’t a comprehensive disaster. Many urban school systems are in very bad shape. But in most places they do a tolerable job, and while they could do a better one, improvements that fall short of revolution are imaginable. Under these circumstances, then, getting rid of the public schools strikes me as an un-conservative (and, more to the point, unwise) idea.