re: 9 reasons why public educ fails

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Students whose parents care about their kids education, have, get this, students who do well in class.

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Comma added for readability.

Doing well in class, while a noble goal, does not = educated. We know more today, but understand less. Some students can tell you what year the constitution was written and ratified, but almost none can explain why.

Schools today crank out memorizers and regurgitators instead of thinkers. This has been a slow progression over the last 100 or so years.

If someone (or many people) receives a positive evaluation from a school, that doesn't validate the quality of instruction given by the school.