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In reply to the discussion: Are Private Schools Immoral? [View all]Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)19. That is exactly it...Private schools are not 'immoral'. Public school are inadequate often
because of property tax funding. There should be state funding across the board. In Ohio, Kasich has cut the state funding for schools and all schools are suffering but the inner city and the poor rural schools fare the worst as they don't have a property tax base to fund the schools. With the GOP packing the courts. I don't see much we can do about it right now. Even in progressive states, the inequality in education is appalling...New York is a great example.
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White wing racists who send their kids to private mostly white schools are immoral, not the schools
Hoyt
Dec 2017
#3
You posted it, and GD doesn't demand that the thread title is that of an article
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2017
#25
I serve on the Board of a Private School...my mother serves on the Board of another.
brooklynite
Dec 2017
#6
The inequalities found in public school have nothing to do with private school...they have to do
Demsrule86
Dec 2017
#17
You don't manage inequality by forcing parents to send their kids to bad schools with the idea that
Demsrule86
Dec 2017
#21
This is the United States. No parent should be forced to send their kids to school anywhere.
Demsrule86
Dec 2017
#18
I won't argue with that ...but we need to make education a priority. And any party that advocates
Demsrule86
Dec 2017
#23
The faith-based private schools are immoral IMO. They churn out lots of self-righteous spoiled brats
Doodley
Dec 2017
#13
No. Especially if you are assuming that all private schools are the same
PoindexterOglethorpe
Dec 2017
#14
That is exactly it...Private schools are not 'immoral'. Public school are inadequate often
Demsrule86
Dec 2017
#19
I worked in a small suburban school district just over the line from Detroit.
GreenEyedLefty
Dec 2017
#31