I think most people here will agree with this statement, however many of us don't feel it's the governments responsibility, and many will agree government schools are disasters.
Good luck with your school. I say "good luck" because to me it's a crap shoot. Government run public schools are random, chaotic, uncontrolled child day centers. Some are good, some are good for a while, some have good teachers, then leave, some are awful, some get awful, some teachers do horribly stupid and seriously detrimental things with kids. Some kids are unpredictable, undisciplined. Most everyone there are strangers to a child. Some are obdedient and well mannered.
Who your child aligns with, what experiences they encounter (good or bad) are entirely random and chaotic, luck of the draw if they come out OK.
The children's safety is also random and chaotic. Unpredictable and uncontrollable violence is not unusual.
Parents who want to get involved and fix things are ignored or lied to by the schools, and in many cases shunned.
We believe as parents we can remove much of this randomness and chaos.
Homeschool, private school bump.
That is just my point. When people grow up on a welfare program they tend to believe it is the right way to do things and the next welfare program is easier to sell to them.
This thought process is what has brought us to the sorry state we are in today. First it was education, then retirement, now drugs and healthcare. Soon nobody will be taking responsibility for themselves. Already the top 50% of earners pay almost all the taxes for everyone else. With the changes Bush made a family of 4 has to make $35K before they pay taxes. They have no reason not to demand more services they are not paying for them.
When kids grow up in a welfare program they see nothing wrong with it. Kids who grow up in government housing think it is a fine way to grow up and think they are entitled to it. Kids who grow up in government schools think it is a fine way to grow up and think they are entitled to have others pay for their needs.
Your kids’ education is your responsibility. It is not your neighbor’s responsibility to pay for your needs any more than it is your responsibility to pay for healthcare or clothes and housing for my kids.
Free market schooling is a stretch for many people only because we are paying for a government system that is a failure and should not be in existence in any event. The sooner the working people abandon the government schools the sooner we can rip it out by the roots and return to a free market system that works.
By supporting the socialist government school system you are advancing socialism. You are teaching your kids that if they want something but don’t want to pay for it they can get the government to make others pay for it. You learned that lesson by being in government schools and you are teaching that lesson to your kids. This is the way liberalism infests the society and expands. They get people to accept one program at a time.