[moog]

I think that you probably would give them the same kind of "education" no matter what. You would be a good father (am I guessing right:0)? Education begins in the home. That's for sure.

[neverdem]

I think that you probably would give them the same kind of "education" no matter what. You would be a good father (am I guessing right:0)? Education begins in the home. That's for sure.

Indiana, for instance, has designated a challenging curriculum it calls the Core 40, and more than a dozen states, including New York, extend higher-rated diplomas to students who complete more difficult coursework. Virginia awards an "advanced studies high school diploma" to students who complete four years of English, math, science and history, three years of foreign language, and other requirements.

I received a NY State Regents Diploma, which had the same or similar standards, IIRC. All the teachers were male in the least expensive, the reason it was chosen, Diocesan high school in the south Bronx in the late sixties.

I didn't expect such rigorous and challenging opportunities. When I woke up, what a dream. The Dean of Discipline was Father McCormick who was an Iwo Jima veteran. He saw me more than either of us wanted. I was quite fortunate that my mother sent me there.

P.S.The local grammar school class size was usually about 45 students taught by almost all nuns in a working class neighborhood at the north end of Manhattan.

That previous link is found on this thread: College Aid Plan Widens U.S. Role in High Schools