Ditto that.
One of the things I looked for when Mrs WBill and I were looking at public schools (and, frankly, a community to live in), was people with the same values as me.
I didn't care what the people looked like, so long as there were two parents in the house, they're interested in raising their kids, valued hard work, education, and so on.
I wound up in a mostly white community (some here on FR would call it "obvious", I'd imagine). The school is one of the best in the region. Not much in the way of crime, I still lock the doors out of habit, but many of my neighbors don't bother. The neighbors that I've talked to are mostly small business owners, or work in the medical field. Lots of military in the area, as well.
And, to prove your point, I've attended a number of school functions... Regardless of race, Mom AND Dad show up ... not just grandma, with her daughter's 5 kids by 5 separate baby daddies. IMHO, people rise to the expectations that are set.
The place isn't ideal, there's problems just like anyplace else. But it's a damn sight better than the city that I moved out of.
We see this comment frequently on Free Republic. “My child's schools is the best...etc.” Well...I have a few questions about that:
—Did you ask for certifiable evidence and controlled studies that prove that this school was the best in the region?
—How do you know the high achievement of children is due to the **school**? Maybe it is the **afterschooling** done by the responsible parents that are the cause of the high test scores.
—It is possible that the school has nothing to do with the learning the child acquires. It could be that the only thing the school is doing is sending home a curriculum for the parents to follow, administering exams, and grading assignments. The child may actually not be learning anything at all in the school but is acquiring his knowledge IN THE HOME do to the efforts of his parents and his homework ( afterschooling).
I have asked these questions many many time over the years on Free Republic and not even one teacher or educator has ever provided a link to controlled studies that separate out what is learned IN THE HOME from that which is acquired in the classroom. Unbelievable!
How is it possible that we spend up to a quarter of a million dollars per child to get them from kindergarten to 12th grade and it is UNKNOWN if the school actually teaches the child anything!? It is merely **assumed** that schools impart learning and the **HARD WORK** done IN THE HOME by the parents and the child himself is ignored.