Kijanki,
Good question but I can't figure that one out without asking for a lifeline, or would that be collective in nature?
Maybe divide and conquer has the lowest common denominator as it's desired result. An uneducated populace is much easier to control. That, or making public education look bad is necessary in order to turn it over to the superior private sector where, guess what, the results turn out about the same but the public monies end up in private hands. The Enron model can be used in many interesting ways.
Off to bed for me!
All the best,
Nonoise