Public School Education System Thread

[apeman]

How much worse can government schools get, really?

That's where I am.

[Zlaxer]

Progressives take over schools and produce proles -proles vote in more progressives....and make prole children.....good thing I can afford private schooling......proles doomed to be proles for foreseeable future.....very progressive indeed ...

[apeman]

You'll notice we don't have this problem with patio furniture.

If I want some furniture for the backyard, I can shop around anywhere in town. I can shop across the border in New Mexico, and probably even in old Mexico. I can shop online for patio furniture from just about anywhere in the world, and you'll never hear someone say the US leads the world in spending on patio furniture, but not in patio outcomes.

Funny that.

Nice

[Speaker to Animals]

Remember the Yugo.

[Fife]

You'll notice we don't have this problem with patio furniture.

If I want some furniture for the backyard, I can shop around anywhere in town. I can shop across the border in New Mexico, and probably even in old Mexico. I can shop online for patio furniture from just about anywhere in the world, and you'll never hear someone say the US leads the world in spending on patio furniture, but not in patio outcomes.

Funny that.

Nice

You're on to something there, Okee.

What If Grocery Stores Worked Like Public Schools?

Groceries are paid for primarily by local taxes. If residents go to their local public grocery store, they get their weekly groceries without any additional out-of-pocket cost. However, they cannot get groceries from a public grocery store that’s outside of their district.

[apeman]

You'll notice we don't have this problem with patio furniture.

If I want some furniture for the backyard, I can shop around anywhere in town. I can shop across the border in New Mexico, and probably even in old Mexico. I can shop online for patio furniture from just about anywhere in the world, and you'll never hear someone say the US leads the world in spending on patio furniture, but not in patio outcomes.

Funny that.

Nice

You're on to something there, Okee.

What If Grocery Stores Worked Like Public Schools?

Groceries are paid for primarily by local taxes. If residents go to their local public grocery store, they get their weekly groceries without any additional out-of-pocket cost. However, they cannot get groceries from a public grocery store that’s outside of their district.

the Local Grocer's Public Union 101 thus becomes a political player with substantial pull

[MilSpecs]

How much worse can government schools get, really?

That's where I am.

In my kid's graduation ceremony we had an admiral and two other brass speak - one kid got accepted to Annapolis and two to the Coast Guard academies. Every year this happens. There are so many kids going to highly competitive colleges and Ivies that they don't list them. They just announce what the total scholarship haul for each graduating class is.

Maybe it's not the public schools but the communities they serve. The next county over has a school system that is primarily Indian and their scores are so high that they make our wealthier kids look like slackers, so it's not economics at work.

Explain how this can be, since the public schools suck.

[apeman]

How much worse can government schools get, really?

That's where I am.

In my kid's graduation ceremony we had an admiral and two other brass speak - one kid got accepted to Annapolis and two to the Coast Guard academies. Every year this happens. There are so many kids going to highly competitive colleges and Ivies that they don't list them. They just announce what the total scholarship haul for each graduating class is.

Maybe it's not the public schools but the communities they serve. The next county over has a school system that is primarily Indian and their scores are so high that they make our wealthier kids look like slackers, so it's not economics at work.

Explain how this can be, since the public schools suck.

I don't understand your argument.

[Okeefenokee]

She's not making one. She's defending shitty schools by propping up her ivory tower coastal experience as thought that is the norm.

[MilSpecs]

The public schools reflect their communities. If your public schools suck, then get involved. It's irritating hearing the public schools bashed like the parents have nothing to do with it.