Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site burdvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!psuvax1!burdvax!bnapl From: bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: the Opportunity Society Message-ID: <1781@burdvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 10:55:45 EST Article-I.D.: burdvax.1781 Posted: Wed Nov 7 10:55:45 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Nov-84 06:48:22 EST References: <52@mit-athena.ARPA> <577@loral.UUCP> <370@fisher.UUCP> <1050@pyuxa.UUCP> <317@whuxl.UUCP> <1055@pyuxa.UUCP> Reply-To: bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) Organization: Burroughs Corp. - SDG/Devon Lines: 19 Summary: In article bmt@we53.UUCP ( B. M. Thomas ) writes: >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. ... Did you know that public school administrators make up the largest group of professional people who send their children to private schools? Certainly something to think about. -- Tom Albrecht Burroughs Corp. ...{presby|psuvax|sdcrdcf}!burdvax!bnapl