[quote=Aecetia]Actually, if we could put our tax money towards the private school of our choice (voucher), we would get a better product and the price would go down. Public schools are a total waste of money and are turning out poorly educated people. Watch Jay (Leno) walking for examples. I am sure he picks the worst to showcase, but for God’s sake, some of the people he interviews are supposed to be teachers. All the bond money has not improved the infrastructure that much either.
As for GM and the banks, they should have been allowed to fail. I guess if Congress did not have so much invested in them, they would have let them fail. Drain the swamp; all of it.[/quote]
Public schools have higher standards than private schools, and they take all the students that private schools can’t or won’t take: Special Ed, behavioral problems, poor/transient kids, etc.
Many private schools have testing requirements for admission which screens out all the below-average (or even average) kids. It’s kinda hard to fail when your average I.Q. is 110, and the parents are all rich and willing to pay good money for their child’s education — including tutoring, and any remediation done outside of the private school day.
You cannot compare private vs. public until you account for the socio-economic and intellectual disparities.
