[JeanLM]

I totally agree. Imagine a school system where the teachers could remove the disruptive students. This is really the only advantage private schools have. I say give everyone 12 years of free education. They can take it anytime in their lifetimes. If they come to realize they need an education after being bounced and on the outside for a few years, they can come back. If not the schools and serious students won't miss them. For those that ask what's to become of the expelled students, that's their individual problems, not the school's. Education shouldn't be confused with warehousing.

[ladyjane]

Imagine a school system where the teachers could remove the disruptive students

What is so interesting about this thread is that few seem to look at the students themselves. It is the students who are disruptive. It's the students who are flunking. It's the students who are disrespectful. When a test has an 80% flunk rate everybody wants to blame the test, the teachers, and the school system.