(March 28, 2016 at 12:42 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Like with health care - it's decent if you can afford the alternatives.
Blaming the school "system" as a whole for the failure of American parents to involve themselves in their child's education is misplaced, in my opinion. Not to say there's not big problems with many districts, and with NCLB in particular, but the most important teachers any child has are mom and dad. Schoolteachers instill facts, but parents instill curiosity and outward interest.
The schoolteachers I know -- a few of them here, and several in SoCal -- complain more about the lack of parental involvement than they do about budget deficiencies or low pay.
My son went to a public charter high-school featuring competitive exams. The cost to me was exactly zero. He won a full-ride scholarship to public university in California.
