Presumably this is like the British bourgeoisie deciding to support state funded secondary eduction at the end of the 19th century when they realised Germany was overtaking Britain in the literacy of its workforce.
Chris Burford >>>>>>>>> From the Times Educational Supplement (UK) 25.1.02 Right-wing thinker favours state schooling State schools provide better value for money than their independent counterparts, according to a report by a right-wing academic. Private schools may produce better GCSE and A-level results but for each pound spent, state schools do up to 50 per cent better, says Dr John Marks in Standards and Spending - Dispelling the Education Orthodoxy , published by the Centre for Policy Studies think-tank.