When I started doing research about this issue, I was struck by the parallels between the taxi industry and public education.

My immediate question was:

“If Uber and Lyft have destroyed the government monopoly taxi system, does the same fate await the government monopoly education system?”

Taxi drivers have been using the power of the government since 1937 to protect their monopoly status – teachers have been doing the same since unions were established.

My guess is that most teachers would agree that Uber and Lyft are the better bargain.

But I also know that there are many teachers who don’t see the connection between the efficiency of the free market system for transportation and the LACK of efficiency in the system of public education.

I am not saying that the end of public education is near.

But I find the parallels interesting … and somewhat ominous …