Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
The dozen or so homeschoolers that I know are *not* rich people. In fact many of them are *struggling*. Some private school parents I'm acquainted with receive financial aid. I also know a bunch of middle class parents who could afford private school -- if they were willing to sacrifice for it -- but use their local "good" public school.
My observation is that relatively few kids are so unfortuate that a "public option" is their only hope. My experience is that most young kids are eager to learn but school ruins them. Therefore probably no more than 6,0000 CCSD kids are both desperate *and* motivated. Very manageable.
Those who support public (free) education for all are defending a de facto system of economic (if not racial) segregation. Those who can afford to live in good neighborhoods (generally White) receive a tax subsidy to enable their kids to attend public schools more-or-less on par with private schools. Safe, advanced placement courses, etc. 'CCSD Ed Dump' (1719) is basically correct. Kids in bad neighborhoods (not so White) are condemned to absolutely horrible public schools.
Those who say that if it wasn't for the government they would have been shutout of education should consider the lament of parents who were unable to afford private or homeschool because of their tax bills.
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