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From: bmt@we53.UUCP ( B. M. Thomas )
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: the Opportunity Society
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 13:47:54 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 13:47:54 1984
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Fact is, the public schools have just about written their own demise.
However socialistic it may be, I really like the idea of public
education, but with the do-your-own-thing mentality of educators in the 
last decade or two, the overall quality of public schools has dropped to 
a level that has caused parents who can afford it(and many who can't) to  
choose private schools instead.  The enrollments of public schools now 
have fewer children whose parents care about their education, so there is 
less participation on the part of parents, resulting in even lower quality,
more private-school emigration, and soon you have a real mess.  Remember 
that some of those parents are the ones paying for the schools via their 
taxes, and when the ballot issue comes up, guess what? Less money, fewer 
children, less support for school money issues, more people asking for
tuition tax credits, less money....