Public -school teachers know best --- they send their kids to
private schools
A new study reported that more than 25 percent of Baltimore and
Washington, D.C. public-school teachers send their kids to
private schools. The study done by the Thomas B. Fordham
Institute found that nationwide, public-school teachers are
almost twice as likely as other parents to send their children
to a private school. The study also found that more than one in
five public-school teachers send their kids to private schools.
In the biggest cities across America, the statistics get even
more startling. In Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and 16 other big
cities, more than 1 out of 4 public-school teacher's kids attend
private schools. In some cities, almost half the public-school
teachers do this. For example, in Philadelphia, 44 percent, and
in Cincinnati, 41 percent of public-school teachers sent their
kids to private schools.
Yet, across America, only about 12.2 percent of all parents who
are not teachers send their children to private schools.
Now, why is this? Public school authorities keep telling us that
they give our kids a good education. Yet they send their kids to
private schools?
Well, teachers know best in this case. They actually work in the
public schools every day. They see the kind of 3rd-rate, often
mind-numbing education children get in these schools.
Public-school teachers love their children like all other
parents do. They want the best for their kids. So, is it any
wonder that so many teachers send their children to private
schools?
These statistics should be a warning signal for parents, a red
flag waving briskly in the wind. If your children's teachers are
sending their children to private schools, should you be keeping
your kids in public school? If the soldier-teachers in the
public-school trenches tell you that there is something very
wrong with these schools, you should, for once, be listening to
them.
Actions speak louder than words. The fact that so many
public-school teachers send their kids to private schools should
be all the proof you need that it might be wise for you to look
for education alternatives for your kids elsewhere.
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you're happily mistaken. Joel Turtel's book, "Public School's,
Public Menace" tells parents all about quality, low-cost
Internet private schools. These private schools are a great new
resource for giving your children an excellent education at an
affordable price.