Like I said, I don’t like public schools either and would like to see them disbanded, Honestly, the district I came from wasn’t all that good even 50 plus years ago when I was a student. But at least back then, we learned something valuable along with the indoctrination. Today kids learn that the US was the aggressor in World War II but they can’t read, write, do math or fill out a job application.
But my point was that parents have the obligation to ensure their child get an education somehow...if not in public school, then in private or parochial schools or at home. Just enrolling your child in a public school, and then not making sure the kid actually attends does the child no good, unless you want your child being 35 and living in your basement.
But...Should there be a government obligation? I say, “No!”, for five reasons:
1) Government obligation means police force and court action. That **is** what government **is**.
2) Government schooling violates every First Amendment Right of the child and the parent. The risk to **all** the children is that they become comfortable with government functionaries violating their constitutional rights.
3) Government hasn't done a very good job with kids who don't want to learn and come from families who don't support education.
4) There have **never** been studies that prove government schools teach anything at all. Please read my post #42. It is entirely possible that the only thing government schools do is send home a very expensive curriculum that is followed **in the home**.
5) Godless government schools teach child to think and reason godlessly. The child must just to cooperate in the godless environment. How could be otherwise?