Public schools are all about the next “recent findings” and just seem to never be able to “think outside the box” because someone else is thinking for them. Even with all the negative press for years, not enough has changed. Until their power is severely rattled, nothing will change and their inflated paychecks will continue to roll in.
Our neighbors were going to privately educate their children until the 3rd grade. They put the oldest in 4th grade public school. She spent most ot the year helping fellow classmates with what she had already learned. They tutored her during the last half of the year and summer and got her back in private school. The majority of the wealthy near our neighborhood private school their children. I don’t even think the public school buses go through their neighoborhood now that I think of it! But, does the nearby public school even take note of that? Probably not.
You are exactly right. There is a 5 year difference between 2 of my kids. The curriculum has changed so drastically that my kids can’t even help their brother with his homework.