One of the problems with pubic schools is that there are not enough alternatives. I believe that public schools are a necessity. But not all children are suited for them. They tend to favor gregarious, outspoken children. I've heard too many stories of parents sending their shy, scared, & unwilling kids into a situation they are not yet suited for, and their instincts tell them they shouldn't, but they're convinced that it will benefit the children in the long run, only to find otherwise later on. But for too many people, educating children means attending public schools or no education at all. Only the wealthy have alternatives, and everyone else should have them too. There used to be vocational high schools, which prepared their students for a specific trade? What happened to those? Let the public schools have competition.
"One of the problems with pubic schools is that there are not enough alternatives."
The real problem is the government has no business in the education business. Government schools have no place in a free society. The idea that bureaucrats should educate children is no different than the idea that bureaucrats should provide healthcare.
The government school is the first socialist program most people encounter in life. We have a society that embraces government schools for the same reason we have an underclass that embraces government housing, food stamps, medical care etc. They grew up on the government dole so they believe it is the right thing to do and their right just because they want the service.
Never mind that they are forcibly extorting money from others to pay for something that is their responsibility to provide for themselves and their families, they are used to getting it. It’s just like the 4 and 5 generations in the projects or on the welfare rolls.
If you want to have some fun tell a teacher in a government school that he is a bureaucrat. Most are so lacking in their own education they don’t know they are bureaucrats. When you pull out a dictionary and show them that that’s what they are some argue that the dictionary is wrong. LOL
Put your children in free market schools. Vote against every school budget and bond issue. Ask your friends why they are turning their children over to bureaucrats to be educated and why they support a socialist system. Most people don’t even know that’s what they are doing.