When parents ran the schools, the object was learning, with the greatest bang for the buck appreciated and sought.
Then “education” became a multi-billion dollar scam, run by educational bureaucrats at the state and federal level, in partnership with the teacher’s union, designed to extract every last possible dollar from their communities, in the name of “education” but with performance being far down the priority scale.
The highest priority? Political power.
The second highest priority? Union power and money.
The third highest priority? Teacher pay and perks.
The fourth highest priority? Indoctrinating students in leftist dogma.
The fifth highest priority? Getting contractors in on the gravy train.
You can be a public servant, or a union member.. NOT BOTH..
JFK’s legacy the unionization of the public sector, and NIXON doubled down on this...
Destroyed government.
The sixth highest priority? Educating kids.
Who’s fault is that? The parents’ fault. They don’t want to raise their kids. They send little babies off to all day and into the evening daycare and then it’s off to school to continue with the babysitting. Regular parents can’t be bothered to run for school board or even volunteer at school. There’s no such thing as a PTA anymore.
There was a group of our kids’ friends I’d cart around and attend their plays and sport events. More than one would make heartfelt comments their parents couldn’t be bothered to see them perform.