Hoxby says, citing one of Massachusetts» best - performing and wealthiest suburban school districts to point out a flaw in any attempt to compare charter schools, which are very often located either in inner cities or rural areas, with
American public schools in general.
Reflecting
on public schools in general, a similar share of respondents - roughly 70 percent - confer a C or D. Again calculated as a GPA, America's schools get a C or C -.
Citizens like their local schools much better than they like the nation's
public schools in general.
At worst, they are a money wasting pie in the sky because some of our tax payer monies find their ways into profiteer's pockets instead of the classrooms — a major bone of contention between tax payers and
public schools in general — so why do we allow it at all?
Furthermore, reform opponents believe the inappropriate use of high - stakes testing, combined with declining federal support for education, has led to a wide scale vilification of public school teachers in particular and
public schools in general.
At the same time, the Trump budget will incentivize families to leave not only these schools, but
public schools in general.