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And I did not say there wan't. And I specifically made a point of noting that such could be accepted and they could still discriminate for other reasons, making them different than a public school that could not.
What is your point? Is that if we empower a more localized, bottom-up approach to education, that somehow all the nation's troubled youth will find themselves forced out of an education? That is an exaggeration based on the actions of a few private schools. Again, I'll repeat. There are private and charter schools whose entire existence has been to improve the achievement rates of troubled youth.
And this direct accountability in part is do to this ability to discriminate.
Yes, the parent's ability to discriminate against certain schools. That's the kind of discrimination that weeds out bad schools or learning institutions that are deemed undesirable. Parents should have the ultimate choice of schooling.
The private school can decide the size, who they will accept and be rid of, and so on.
Yes, to a certain extent. But again, you're implying that the majority operate in this sort of fashion. They don't. There are thousands upon thousands of parents playing the lottery so that their child can have a decent education. The schools attached to such lotteries are your average private schools, and the kids playing the lottery are your average inner-city kids. The difference is the concern of parents who strive to make something better for their children. In a consumer-driven educational market, concerned parents will see a better result in their child's education while unconcerned parents will notice little to no change. I'm willing to make that exchange for it is better to educate a significant portion of kids rather than to impose a below-mediocre education on all of them.
Public schools can't do any of that, so it is more than just the layers, though I've never had any problem being heard at any of the public schools my children went to.
Given that you are a teacher, I don't doubt it. However there's a major difference between a board hearing your complaints and a school considering your complaints.
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