Trying to write off schools as a bad idea entirely seems pretty dumb to me. I’ve got young kids in school, and I understand the criticisms, but I’m also constantly amazed at how quickly they are learning. Having free quality public education is a massive success for a civilization. The failure to recognize this has to come from ignorance or privilege.
This suits the government very well. Pay one teacher to teach say 25 kids. That frees up 24 mom's to enter the work force and pay taxes. And it's a big bonus that the kids get educated in the basics of the three R's, so the economy is boosted a lot. It's a win, win, win. Parents win (free education for their kids), government wins with youth educated to grade 12 level and the kids get educated and learn to socialize with their peers. Oh and the police can pick out the future psychopaths very early on before they get older and learn to cover their tracks. What's not to like?
not really since school only covers 9-3, no summers and a ton of that money goes to upper level bureaucracy, real estate and corporate interests (like the companies that create standardized exams)
