[cynicom]

My children were products of this system in the 70s. When they got to college, they found out very quickly what they did not know and what they had been cheated out of.

They had teachers that drank in school each and every day for years. Because of the union, the school board did nothing. The superintendents job was filled by one after another loser that showed up on the scene. Total loss.

The system should be sold and let private enterprise run it.

[stevio]

This is great. Where is the actual data on this? I want to send this out to my email groups but need verification.

[luv2ndamend]

Institute reports that Pittsburgh schools are spending $17,000 per student, with virtually nothing to show for it.

You could send 5 or 6 kids to Parochial schools for that price.

[widowithfoursons]

Don't forget the municipal tax in PA that goes to the schools. I really resented that when I lived there, childless, (as did many of the seniors who had to pay).

[jz638]

Don't worry, Ed Rendell will fix Pennsylvania's public schools.

[ppaul]

Good morning ping.

[HamiltonJay]

My children go to a private catholic school, like many students of public school teachers in this state. That alone tells the story.

In a class of 7 students, 2 children's parents are teachers that are either actively teaching in the public school system, or are retired public school teachers. And this is in a district where the primary school is known to be very good.... So enough said.

[Marie]

As a homeschool mom of two, I couldn't begin to tell you what I could do with an annual $16,000 to educate my kids... Heck, I could build on a school room, get them each a computer, put together a science lab that would rival any school system's... That's almost $100,000 for 12 years of school for each child.

Geez, I wonder why the PS system hates homeschoolers so much.

(Ignore spelling and grammar errors... flu.)