Personally I think private and parochial schools are as good as they are because they CAN kick out kids that refuse to learn or who are disruptive to everybody else's education. The public schools should do the same. Parents who will not discipline their kids and teach them a value system and a code of conduct should be required to make whatever arrangements are necessary to educate their kids but the taxpayer shouldn't be on the hook for that.
I think private and parochial schools are as good as they are because they can hire the people they want to teach the kids and they generally choose the creme de la creme. Because they rarely pay as well as public schools, the teachers they hire are almost always true educators, dedicated to using real skills and knowledge to benefit the children, and pleased to be in an environment in which they can do that even if they don't earn as much as government teachers. Certainly a parochial school will hire people who will teach the religion, ethics, and concepts as that particular denomination believes it.
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In many/most places the public schools were once just as good. The federal government and the unions have made them into the dysfunctional institutions that many of them now are.
I think private and parochial schools are as good as they are because they can hire the people they want to teach the kids and they generally choose the creme de la creme. Because they rarely pay as well as public schools, the teachers they hire are almost always true educators, dedicated to using real skills and knowledge to benefit the children, and pleased to be in an environment in which they can do that even if they don't earn as much as government teachers. Certainly a parochial school will hire people who will teach the religion, ethics, and concepts as that particular denomination believes it.
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In many/most places the public schools were once just as good. The federal government and the unions have made them into the dysfunctional institutions that many of them now are.