why haven't  the public school systems closed down? they're just no good.?
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The public schools will be closed right after all the GOOD parents TAKE all the kids who have BAD PARENTS and BRING them into their own HOMES and teach them along with their own children.\nITS the PARENTS that can make the most difference in any kid's life!\nAre you saying no home schooled kids do drugs, or drink, or have sex, or are lazy? Sure, maybe not many, but then there are not that many home schoolers.\n\nWhat about the home schoolers that keep their kids home so no one will know how they abuse? Heard of the cult in Utah? Warren Jeffs' cult? Is that the home schooling you want?\n\nInstead of condemning, try to make some change, volunteer to assist the teachers. Be a scout parent. \n\nPeople have been condemning public school ever since it was started. The sky has been falling in this manner for more than 100 years. No big deal
411597
Emergency rooms clogged and closing down, Schools overcrowded, school lunch programs running out of money, traffic, car accidents with no insurance, going to the bathroom in public in from of Home Depot waiting for a job, having to print signs in multiple languages, denying a better education to children because the teacher has to try and help those learning english too, jails overcrowding, trash collection and public services pushed to the brink, wages depressed, teenagers having a harder time finding jobs.  This just a portion of what the costs to the American Economy are.
295852
i guess they all have their own downsides public schools can be crowded private schools are expensive with a certain genre of people and home schooling doesnt give you all of the social aspects you may need in life. i think it all depends on the certain child and what their specific needs are
1180023
I'm a public school band director from Georgia...here's your answer:\n\nAt private schools, teachers are more relaxed because they have less troublesome students. There are virtually no fights are problems of this kind, because parents are PAYING to have their kids go to private school. Therefore, more work gets done each day. I used to teach at a private middle school by the way.\n\nAt public schools, you have your good kids, your bad kids.....ones that do what they're supposed to and the ones that get in trouble every week. Also, the public schools have to abide by many many many many state regulations or people can lose their jobs. This is a very basic answer but its one you can easily understand. Schools need more days to handle these kind of things, and also because its harder to educate and entire class to specifications because of the new "No Child Left Behind" Act of 2001. Ask a teacher about that. \n\nI could answer further but I don't want to bore you. There's your basic answer. Hope this helps!
205553
Check with the department of education in the state in which the school operated.  Most states are interested in dealing with just the kind of problem you are facing and they make efforts to acquire and preserve records of closing schools.\n\nIf the state doesn't have them, perhaps they could suggest other options.  Best of luck.
529227
Unfortunately, the public school system in america is not taken seriously enough.  Further, the students who attend our public school system (even through college) are continuiously torn down by teachers, principals, and even unknowingly, their parents.  This is done by teaching the youth of america that they should "Go to school and get a good job", when what that's actually doing is teaching a person to wear a slaves collar for the rest of their lives, be it blue or white.  A slave to the economy, to the boss who says when you can have time off, when you cant go to your kids birthday party, and how much money you should be paid per hour.  But then, there are people like me who try to teach, who show our fellow Americans that there is a way to regain their freedom, to life a life not having to give away 40+ hours a week to a job they hate, to a boss who on a bad day can put that persons name on a piece of paper, and end their job on the spot.  This country was founded on Free Enterprise, on farmers and merchants who owned businesses, however small some might have been.  Other countries, Japan for instance, still teach that kind of mentality.  Yes, education is important for it, but a major part of the problem is the angle that American schools take - and that is to teach people to be employees, not to be the employeer.\n\nSo it falls to us who try to help people after they get their flawed education, to try to free them from the system.  Show them a way to take back their lives, to decide themselves how much they will make an hour.  What hours they want to spend working, even if that's none at all.  Far too many people have had the dreamlessness of the failing American Dream drilled into them too hard anymore though, and it's impossible to free a person who prefers the collar.  Ah well.
188077
Schools are on a downward spiral because our\nsociety has no clue as to the solution to\nthe problem of disfunctional homes.  The \nmajority of education is left up to the schools\nwith less and less instructional time.  The\nweeks of testing could be used for helping with\nthe problem.  We have 100% accountability for\nteachers and 0% for parents and students.  As\na result the more competent graduates from \nuniversities are seeking better paying jobs \nwith less stress.
1018489
That's not always true. I went to a public school and never had any bad experiences like that.
1003121
Schools are locked down more after them.  There are still some that had some.
584411
cause the parents cannot be competent in any given field, that's why there are these institutions called schools!
243822
If it's not the worst, it's certainly in the running.\n\nUnder-funded???  Beth, you are mad!  There is more money wasted on public education in this country than is spent altogether in most other countries.\n\nThe problem seems to be the extent to which two basic entities have taken over control of what was traditionally a very locally-controlled institution.  The first is the teacher's union, which turns upside-down every value that made those great old teachers I had as a child so worthwhile.  They stayed in their jobs because they were good at them, got good results.  Nowadays the union protects the marginal, makes war on the superior teacher (makes the rest look bad, you know), and makes seniority virtually the only criterion they will consider valid.\n\nThe other thing that happened was the federal government getting involved in funding programs that they then control.  This means the local school board has less and less control over what goes on in their school, because they don't dare risk losing that federal money.  So the textbooks are all Politically Correct, even if they don't teach the kids anything useful at all.  The teachers are actually disciplined for creativity, because they can't get any creative program approved if it cannot be used "for everyone."  They are ordered to teach for the purpose of preparation for the exit exams, and discipline is nothing but a game they play with the students.\n\nI do not envy any kid going to a public school these days, but one:  the one who had a black tee shirt that read "School prepares you for the real world, which also s**ks."
665545
Encourage more parent to stop sending their kids to government sanctioned child abuse centers (public school).  When that happens, your don't get intellectuals, you get idiots like the first 2 people who answered this question.
969993
people ( teachers) are getting mad there days so don't think about that .\nforget about stupid people that i mentioned up there.
255144
For - public schools aren't making the grade.  give parents money for private school\n\nAgainst - Taking money and giving it to parents is throwing money at the problem and will not make the public schools better.  Also, kids who parents care will apply for vouchers -kids who have crappy parents will be stuck in even crappier schools.
179939
The public education system really does a number on what kids think without teaching basic English, basic economics, and basic citizenship.  So the worst exploiters are our public school teachers.
705586
NO NO NO NO NO\n\nIn case you haven't noticed, CPS is NOT an effective organization. \n\nIt is NOT the government's job to raise children or tell parents how to raise their children (other than the basics of don't beat/kill/maim them). \n\nMost people do not have a problem with people educating their children outside of the public school system. In fact, if you want your kids to have a decent education it is imperative to get them out of the public schools. \n\nIt is unconstitutional to force American citizens to submit to government inspection without just cause. Having children does not constitute just cause. \n\nWHY DO YOU WANT MORE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION? THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK TO THE GREAT PLACE IT WAS IS TO GET THE GOVERNMENT OFF OUR BACKS!!
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because they blame everything on the liberals and don't know what they are talking about...\n\nthe conservative solution is to cut money from already failing schools... this will somehow magically make it do better?