All public schools are toxic. Most parents know this yet I always hear this, “yeah, the public schools suck, but I’ve met my kid’s teacher, they are not like that…” Classic case of cognitive dissonance.
I then follow up with this question, “is your kid’s teacher a member of the teachers union?” In my state, teachers can opt out of the union but less than 2% have and it’s also illegal for teachers to strike, yet every new school year the state teacher’s union targets one or two districts with an illegal strike. That always shut the conversations down because they have no where to go other than to shut up or deliver more stupid remarks.
We must change the way we fund education, tax credit or something that follows the kid administered by the parents/guardian. Until then, we are spinning our wheels.
The framers of our Constitution were smart enough to leave control of education to the states. Education is not a federal issue, just like abortion it is a state issue under our Constitution.
The framers never anticipated that Jimmy Carter (D) would sign into law a cabinet level Department of Education. They never anticipated a union like the NEA might take control of our schools and teachers.
Yes, I know, the NEA claims it’s not a union. Sure. Just like Admiral Rachel Levine claims he is not a man. LOL
They are not "public schools". They are Government schools. There is a huge difference between the two things.