Should Private School (k-12) be Abolished in the United States?

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Preferably selective education would be prohibited, but it is probably more feasible to push for the elimination of state funding of private institutions, diverting it to the public facilities.  I don't know how much assistance the private schools in the United States receive, but in Australia the level of support they receive is astounding and ridiculous.  One of the biggest obstacles to equality of opportunity is inferior education for those from lower-class backgrounds.  Independently of that, the schools are often religiously influenced, which, if beholden to fundamentalist views, can have a negative impact on the greater society (I assume a reasonable correlation between private schooling K-12 and not believing in evolution and/or or climate change), and the exclusionary nature of the schools regardless of any religious leanings prepares the students for a lifetime of segregation.