Thanks for this amazing , articulate response . You have supported my view in many ways , not changed it , but you have added points to the discussion that I didn ' t get to . You are right that I didn ' t define every term . I would say that effective education allows students to meet their potential in as many ways as is possible . This would include flourishing academically and creatively . It would allow them to be responsible citizens and to be well mentally and emotionally . It would give them a sense of agency in their lives . Your thought experiment is interesting but very theoretical . I could not see this working on a grand scale . In terms of private education often responds uniquely to values and needs of individual communities , as with religious education , I agree . Still , this is confined to local communities . On a national scale , it fails . Also , I question the benefit of religious education . For example , muslim students in Saudi Arabia could stand to benefit from secular education .