“There is a reason every developed country has a public education system.”
Strange isn’t it? The only countries I’m aware of that don’t have a comprehensive public education system all have one thing in common — they’re backwards hellholes. Prosperous, developed nations? Every single one has a public school system.
Granted, our country did not have a comprehensive system 200 years ago, but we were largely an agrarian society, with nearly half fueled with slave labor and the other half with child labor. Yeah, those glorious days or the early 1800's, let's all go back to that idyllic time.
I agree with everything you both have said (but you knew that).
My aunt started her teaching career at an inner city school in NYC in a largely hispanic area. her own fluency in Spanish had those kids fluent in English by the end of the school year. She then taught for some time in Puerto Rico. She got her doctorate wile I was still in elementary school and from there on out she spent most of the rest of her career teaching teachers how to teach in 3rd world country hellholes.
She turns 75 this month and still does some consulting work and remains in touch with farflung reaches of the world. And I still rely on her for advice about school and education in general when it comes to my 9 year old, just like I did back when I was still in school.