Well, then, if the parents have failed the children, why aren’t the children getting an education?
Excuse me? Half of all marriages end in divorce, leading to single parent households. Fatherless households among blacks is even higher. Parents failing their children.
Asians including children of immigrants from India stress education for their children. Many of these parents do not speak English very well but their kids excel at school. My wife is from China and we have a 4th and 5th grader. My kids watch NO tv during the week and only a few hours per day on the weekend. Most kids left unsupervised lack the motivation and discipline to practice a healthy routine of learning thereby leaving themselves at a serious disadvantage (look at what is being discussed in the metro Charlotte, NC area as an answer to black males failing in the system). Once again parents failing their children.
All politics are local. School boards. PTA. Parents vote for local political offices and the majority of their property tax is contributed towards the public school. If the parents aren’t involved and active in local politics particularly if their local schools are not making the grade then the parents have failed their children.
Children are the victims, victims of the system and in some cases victims of their parent(s) lack of involvement and not establishing standards, routines and expectations for their kids.
Personally, throughout my two careers I have likely had contact with thousands of families.
Anecdotal observation:
There is **NO** difference between the amount of time spent IN THE HOME studying between academically successful institutionalized children and successful homeschoolers.
There is **NO** difference in home habits, either regarding sleep, exercise, and control of electronic entertainment.
My conclusion;
Successful institutionalized kids are being **AFTERSCHOOLED**. This is true even if their parents are immigrants. Someone in the family has been recruited as a tutor.
My conclusion:
Metmom is absolutely correct. If government schools were effective they would work **regardless** of parental imput!
MY conclusion:
The **only ** thing government schools do is send home curriculum for the parents and child to follow IN THE HOME ( at great expense to the taxpayer.)