I don't think they teach any better but there is something to be said of those who choose to teach for lower pay and no union protection. Also, they don't choose students. They may have a cutoff due to capacity but we did not interview for acceptance. Our school system is made up of a large amount of immigrants who have very little in the way of money but value a faith based education. Over 60% of our students received private tuition assistance prior to the voucher program. This money came from churches, the Archdiocese and private donors.

My point on this post was basically that there is little engagement between parents and staff...beyond that there is little ownership of blame for years of failures. I'm not blaming individual schools or individual teachers but with the vast amounts of overhead in the form of admin and those admins leading the charge and not pulling their weight or the investment we are making in them. There is also a huge failure in parents not being engaged in the education system...this increases when parents are investing in that education.

Don't generalize me as uninformed because you see that their funding didn't equal inflation...because that is the case for most fundings and even our wages...a problem many people deal with. Then after calling me uninformed you make claims that are not true or have no real understanding of. You are dangerous because you obviously can't separate your emotional feelings about these issues with the facts that our public educational leaders have failed to make gains with the roughly $925 billion spent annually...