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[quote=Anonymous]I disagree with the whole premise of who's bad and why.  I wholeheartedly agree that the public education system is an extremely vital national asset and that it should be supported.  But I also think that our public education system is fundamentally broken and needs serious overhaul.  The public education system has in many places become watered down and broken, to serve in many cases as little more than a glorified daycare.  We are churning out class after class of kids with minimal literacy, numeracy, minimal understanding of science, geography, current events, civics, et cetera.   Schools have been placing lower and lower expectations on students, in terms of schoolwork, rigor, organizational skills and discipline.   Universities are horrified at how underprepared students are - even as they water down their own curricula - for example, the battle raging in the engineering community about whether to require a Masters degree for licensure due to the erosion of university engineering programs.  And for those students who aren't destined for academia, there are far too few opportunities for vocational or other types of education.  The educational system seems to have little clue of what preparation kids need for entering the workforce or even general life skills needed which could even help them with routine things like adequate math for managing their household budget and financial planning.  Many public schools are at this point little more than a glorified daycare with watered-down educational content.  A lot of what's happening with regard to families abandoning public schools has to do with a fundamental lack of faith in the traditional public school system - and that's not just reflected in private school enrollment, it's also in wildfire charter school enrollment along with, surprisingly, a huge increase in homeschooling - a huge component of that is a vote of no-confidence in local schools.  Berating parents and calling them "bad" is not the answer - fixing the school system and winning families back is the answer.[/quote]

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