Your points are all true, but what is the solution? Throwing money at failing school has not produced results, and more educated parents in other school districts have enough to do with their own children. Without a solid homelife, these kids are doomed from day one. I know of two situations where "faith based" schools have opened and accepted severely at risk pre-teens and teens without cost to the parents. The results have been outstanding, but these schools are few and far between, and religious organizations capable of providing such education cannot bare the cost of educating all children. Governement involvement in the "faith-based" sytem exposes that system to abuse and inefficiency. So what is the solution. Children from failed education systems wind up costing the public sector forever, but how do we break what seems like a viscous cycle?
For what it's worth, my youngest is in public elementary school. It's a great school. The other two are in Catholic high school, and a private prep school. Both appropriate for the individual child, but I must admit the quality of the public elementary school is absolutely on par with the quality of the other 2 schools. Personally, I'm not big on public high schools. Kids of high school age have a lot to lose to bad choices, and I prefer more structure and discipline than I've seen public high schools provide, but that's a matter of personal choice, and the ability to afford choice.
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