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Originally posted by barbaros45:
I think there is so much truth in the perspective that economics plays such a huge part in the educational development of a child..It has been offered and I believe it's true...the lower the economic status of a child, the poorer the grades. In an ideal situation, economic status should have no bearing on the educational process of a child. At one time, it did not. In my opinion, this is just the beginning of the ever-widening gap between the haves and the have-nots. If all who could afford it, sent their kids to private schools, what would be the make-up of public schools? This is an area noone seems to want to address. In my humble opinion, after 30 years in the public school system, I do not believe there is a cure for what ails us...
I believe you make an excellent point, regrettably. While economic status seems to be more of a factor today I think a lot goes back to the home, the Parents. In homes of low economic status it's possible (just possible now) that parents don't spend as much quality time teaching, reinforcing and monitoring what their child is taught. Parents in lower economic status homes possibly don't even care what the schools are teaching and rely upon the schools and teachers to do jobs or the work that years ago was assumed by the parent.
By virtue of their economic investment, in Private schools, it's possible that parents are taking more an interest in what is taught and presented to their child because they want to make sure they are getting their money's worth. In the Public arena this isn't always the case.
I believe there are many high quality and good public schools but by virtue of the Governments intervention and the Union's rigid control that certain incentives to excel just isn't there and where you do have great public schools you have it because of exceptional public employees and parents that take an interest in the child's education and in their public school.
Just my opinion.