Public education is not for the student. It is not for the parent. It is for society. Liberalism has hijacked the education system for their agendas like they have hijacked government and charities. The reason education fails to educate is it is not focused on reading, writing and arithmetic. It is, instead, focused on a plethora of agendas, from birth control to abortion, to the environment, to doing away with the nation state, not to mention racism, sexism, how to perform anal sex, etc. None of these agendas are helpful to the student or the student’s ability to perform a useful role in the real world. The agendas exist separately from the real world and seldom, if ever, connect with it. Is it any wonder that the product of these unfocused and crazy agendas is not functional as an employee?
At this point there can be no doubt that public education does nothing for society; here in NJ it is very obviously designed to provide lucrative incomes to teachers’ union members, and it does NOTHING else. Students don’t learn (even the lib social engineering nonsense), yet everyone in NJ claims they have the best school district in the state. Grades are meaningless, and graduates lack basic skills.
It is a (very expensive) system designed to fail its customers while enriching its bureaucracy.