Jonah Goldberg's
for it, Sara Mead's
against it. I bet you can guess whose side I'm on. Sample: "Goldberg comes to this conclusion based on the Washington Post's recent series focusing on the horrible state of the District of Columbia Public Schools--which is sort of like concluding we should abolish the U.S. military because of the Abu Ghraib scandal." Indeed.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/06/abolishing-public-schools/42665/