Yes, but that is no reason to put your own children in them. My tax dollars pay for homosexuals in the military, yet I would not want one of my sons serving with any of them. My tax dollars pay for abortions, yet, God help anyone wanting to kill one of my grandchildren.
My taxes pay for a lot of trash, a lot of sin,. a lot of plain out an d out wrong stuff, but that does not mean I or my family should be part of them.
There are many reasons to make sure your children are well educated and many obstacles to that goal. Almost all of the military defending out nation are graduates of the public schools. There are few parents capable of educating their children in all the aspects of the languages, arts, sciences and mathematics which are available in public schools. Those that are so capable I take my hat off to for many reasons.
Unfortunately, in this nation the fact that it did not overwhelmingly reject Obama’s candidacy is an argument against most parents’ ability to teach anything. Then the Welfare class often uses “home schooling” as an excuse for neglect. It is in no way a panacea.
The fact is public schools were one of the reasons this nation became a great nation. In past societies education was as much an upper class phenomenon as caviar and champagne. Leftist philosophy has conquered education as it has almost all other aspects of American life.