Public education is

@helenS yes!

@MorbidCynic excellent points!
To clarify, I think it’s possibly to go back and fill in areas that we didn’t get in the first pass.
At some point in history, skills were developed, then schools were established to teach the skills ??

I am ok with fewer people on the planet💀..
For parents who have kids in schools now, they must understand that public schools are not babysitting programs.

They must model learning for their child to want to learn

@MorbidCynic I learned how to self educate myself from third grade on, my Grandfather taught me the fundamentals, always look for original sources, and to read anything and everything that interests me. I was already a voracious reader by then, having my own library card at the age of four.

@NativePortlander1970 so? Not everyone is you. I would not have been able to educate myself because I have learning disabilities. I NEEDED a teacher and a speech therapist because I was non-verbal until I was 4. I also had a neglectful family who would have taught me nothing. My own grandmother was illiterate until the day she died at 64.

@SW-User exactly.

@SW-User I'm living in the wrong country

@SW-User several of us are.

@TexChik I’ve heard this…states still have a great deal more decision making power regarding policy.

@SW-User but would not receive federal funding if they did NOT follow their guidelines.

@TexChik I know the game really well.
Local taxpayers still have a great deal of sway in what happens in their community schools. They don’t act on things though.

@PepsiColaP Chicago has one of the highest per capita spending per student and among lowest academic rating in America

@Patriot96 proof? Do you teach?
In a union state?

@SW-User head of national teachers union dictated covid shut down in schools despite SCIENTIFIC evidence to the contrary

@Patriot96 the states made that call. My state didn’t listen to the NEA or UFT.
Try again.

Are you a school district employee?

If not you can shut the fuck up.

@Patriot96 correlation isn’t causation.

@SW-User your blindness equates to ignorance. Causation

@Patriot96 oh , ok…math doctor.

@Convivial give it a shot