re: #285 Obdicut

Well, they shouldn’t. Not if you actually want to solve the problem.

There are huge problems in the public school system. However, the fact that we have very, very, very many successful school districts, including ones with 100% minority students, shows us that the problem is not inherent in public education.

There is no possibility of simply handing the problem off to private schools to fix. You can’t force private schools to take any and all students. As much as it’d be great if that solution were actually possible, it is not. Pretending that it is will not fix the problem.

I don’t know what the solution is.

What I do know is that for decades, we have been failing, repeating the same mistakes over and over.

I submit the solution is many faceted. I just refuse to get into the politics of it. These kids have been let down for decades.