My mother taught in the DC schools, as did most of her female friends. These 'uppity blacks' all sent their kids to Catholic or private schools so they would get an education.
It's too bad that even the teachers wouldn't send their kids to the public schools, but they knew first hand how bad things were. It's not an issue of all the teachers being bad, tho many are; it's more an issue of an increasing inability of teachers to discipline students due to legal constraints, lack of supplies, decaying infrastructure, etc. Good teachers can't always combat an incompetent or corrupt administration.
interesting comments.
Good points.