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The option that offers the most opportunities for the largest group of kids is public education. While there are certainly drawbacks, what we do in this country is truly remarkable given the huge discrepancies in demographics, geography, and socioeconomic groups we deal with.
Are there individual situations where private/religious/classical/homeschooling would be better for that specific kid? Of course. Unfortunately those aren't available to every single student, even under the best voucher programs we've come up with.
Public education is available to all kids, all of the time.
Well said
I once met an experienced teacher who once said to me in a kind of Delphic oratory, "Kids are kids." She was responding to me wondering if I could teach 3-5th graders when my experience was my student teaching at the high school. I have had the experience of teaching, inner city, public, Christian private, charter, large, small, over crowded, grade school, Middle school, High School, Math, Social Studies, and unbelievably English. Her wisdom comes, through every student is unique with own backgrounds they have have the same needs: to be heard, be safe, be fed, to have someone who sees their value, and to have their curiosity fed. When those needs are met all education is possible when those needs are not met, learning is impossible.
Don’t forget CTE (career technical education). What used to be the red headed stepchild of education is now one of the most in demand and successful educational formats. In MA, we have over 8000 kids on waitlists to get into vocational programs. I teach Biotechnology, and all of my graduating seniors are going on to college for STEM majors, many with full or partial scholarships.
Those students have the equivalent of 2 years practical lab experience and professional industry credentials, which will give them significant advantages in their lab courses and when they apply for internships.