re: #279 WindUpBird

Maybe that’s a problem with NC not funding their schools?

The problem is usually not just funding— some school districts are very well funded and still failing. The problem is often how the funding is being applied, and the ways that parents are being engaged with. The problem is often the administrators and the attitude towards the student body.

The main problem is that public schools have to take on every student, and that that is an enormous problem. It leads to massive discipline, morale, and other problems.

We have working examples of public school systems that are successes. Exporting that learning is a challenge, especially in the face of local school boards who are much more interested in moral issues than educational ones.