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Caliman73

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39. I agree and would argue that yours is one of the top posts on this thread.

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 02:44 PM

Dec 2017

Things are not immoral, people are immoral. If a system is immoral it is because the people within the system act immorally or at least accept immoral activity from others.

The way that public education is structured and funded in the United States is fundamentally flawed and the incentive of profit further exacerbates those flaws when private schools are introduced into communities.

The worst thing is that our universities US Universities have models of education that have been adopted by Finland, and other high performing countries. They came here and took our models of education, applied them back home, and are doing well while we continue to struggle relative to other higher income countries.

The politics of public education and the history of racial and class distinction have always been an anchor around the neck of educating our children.

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Are Private Schools Immoral? [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 OP

My son's parochial school is 30% Black, 30% Latino and 24% Asian RandySF Dec 2017 #1

No. Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #2

White wing racists who send their kids to private mostly white schools are immoral, not the schools Hoyt Dec 2017 #3

BINGO!!!!! tonyt53 Dec 2017 #10

The article uses the example of schools in Brooklyn. EL34x4 Dec 2017 #33

Well, almost 20% there voted for Trump. Hoyt Dec 2017 #34

Lol at these first three answers. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #4

You asked a question; don't have a go at people for answering it muriel_volestrangler Dec 2017 #15

I didn't; the headline of the article did. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #24

You posted it, and GD doesn't demand that the thread title is that of an article muriel_volestrangler Dec 2017 #25

Fair enough! WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #26

I went to a private school, and it was a great experience for me. IluvPitties Dec 2017 #5

I serve on the Board of a Private School...my mother serves on the Board of another. brooklynite Dec 2017 #6

I ask people to read the article rather than reacting to the headline. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #7

In that case, I ask you to change your title... brooklynite Dec 2017 #8

Magnet schools and charter schools are public schools. Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #20

brooklnite has it right. If you want people to react to the article... JHB Dec 2017 #16

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

Where are the schools the article describes? Sophia4 Dec 2017 #9

Where they replace public schools, yes. meadowlander Dec 2017 #11

This is the United States. No parent should be forced to send their kids to school anywhere. Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #18

Yes, "the United States".... CanSocDem Dec 2017 #22

I won't argue with that ...but we need to make education a priority. And any party that advocates Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #23

There is no method to improve bad schools that will work meadowlander Dec 2017 #40

My kids come before ideology Loki Liesmith Dec 2017 #29

They already are in almost every state. meadowlander Dec 2017 #37

There are many reasons a kid might go to private school crazycatlady Dec 2017 #28

Only because we have gutted our public schools. meadowlander Dec 2017 #38

I was that kid that was bullied crazycatlady Dec 2017 #41

Screw that. My little girl was bullied Codeine Dec 2017 #35

horseshit nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2017 #42

Blanket statements r bad dembotoz Dec 2017 #12

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

We spend over $600 billion a year on education Calista241 Dec 2017 #36

No. Next question? Loki Liesmith Dec 2017 #27

nope Joe941 Dec 2017 #30

I worked in a small suburban school district just over the line from Detroit. GreenEyedLefty Dec 2017 #31

I agree and would argue that yours is one of the top posts on this thread. Caliman73 Dec 2017 #39

I went to a non religious all black private school in the 70's NYC SummerSnow Dec 2017 #32

The issue is integration not private and public aikoaiko Dec 2017 #43