Replies

I agree with you, but the problem is figuring out how to get those other parents to take an interest in their children's education. Solutions that I've supported, such as vouchers and charter schools, are great for kids with parents who are involved, but still do no good for the other kids. It's a very hard problem to solve, and nobody has the answer. In some cases, it's not laziness. Single mothers who work two jobs honestly do not have time. For many others, it is laziness, but we shouldn't punish kids for the irresponsibility of their parents. To be honest, we'll probably never fully solve this problem, but we can at least try to make the public schools better. (Note to liberals: That does NOT mean flushing more money down a black hole.)

I was a bit unfair in my comment, and you are correct there are those that are not lazy, but for various reasons just can't be more involved. Every time I go head to head with the bureaucrats I remind myself that I am not just battling for my own child, but for every other child facing whatever it is I'm battling about at the time.

I admit that I gave up on the district where I lived in Delaware, it was an absolute losing proposition and I never had a child in school in that district and I refused to put my child in a school in that district, which is in part why we now live in Virginia. My husband, his sisters and his nieces are all products of that school system in Delaware, but despite that, they are all productive members of society :)