“In Pennsylvania 68% of prisoners are high school dropouts, the state spends 33,000 dollars a year on each prisoner, the average length of imprisonment is 4 years. The average private school tuition is 8,300 dollars. 4 years in prison costs the state 132,000 dollars per person, 13 years of private school would cost 107,900 dollars per person. That’s 24,000 dollars saved, not to mention the crime rate drop, the court costs, and the benefit that society gets from an educated populace… easy choice right?”

— Adrian Zimmerman

Wrong.