I was blessed and able to get my daughter into a good school, but too many people I know are
stuck sending their children to schools that just aren't good enough.
Not exact matches
So by your logic if Honey Boo Boo's mom decides
to bring «go - go» juice (red bull mixed with Mountain Dew) and pageant crack (pixie
sticks)
to class
to celebrate and uses her own money, the only thing other parents can do is hope their
children are trained like pit bulls
to «just say no,» homeschool, or
send them
to a private
school.
Well, good for you for
sticking to your guns, but prepare
to be furious when your
child comes home on the last day before the winter break vibrating like a tuning fork from all of the «holiday» (read «Christmas») treats that well meaning parents
send for the traditional pre-break party that happens in virtually every public
school classroom on the last
school day of the calendar year.
Only slightly more than half of public
school parents (54 %) say they'd
stick with a public
school if they were offered public funds
to send their
child to a private or religious
school.
As a consequence, millions of parents would be
stuck sending their
children to a persistently low - performing
school with no real hope for intervention or improvement.
Imagine an American city where parents have a choice of where
to send their
children to school, rather than being
stuck with whatever's in the neighborhood.
That's because education choice empowers families
stuck in failing
school districts
to send their
children to superior
schools.