Reply #219: Charter schools

[mzteris]

ARE public schools here. Just run independently from the "local school board" - but still subject to state requirements on education. It's kinda like a private school, only it receives public funding, and you can get in only by blind lottery - just like the rest of the magnet schools.

**There aren't any articles listed about those children who are homeschooled so that their parents may abuse them at will. **

Oh please. The vast majority of abused children attend public schools. This is a non-argument, IMHO. Are there crappy hs parents, sure. I've said that over and over. But they're crappy parents, period and would still be a crappy parent if said children were in PS.

Some HS'ers are very successful in college and in life. Some aren't. Just like kids in PS.

I WAS very active in the school where my son went - PTA, volunteer in the classroom, etc. Didn't stop the school from mentally abusing my child, though did it?

I believe in PS - I've said that repeatedly - but it is NOT for every child.

HSing is a CHOICE and sometimes it's the best and/or only choice for some kids. Why do you begrudge the chance for SOME kids to receive the best form of education available to them?