Looking at the recent news regarding a teachers’ strike in Los Angeles has brought back, for me, some strong feelings about how my country is contributing to the difficult challenges facing our public schools in America.
My two sisters and I grew up in Philly during the 1940s and 1950s and at a time when our public schools were truly terrific. We attended our public elementary, junior high and high schools and in my mind, I could never have asked for anything better. For those who wanted to attend fine private schools in those days, their families were required to pay separately for said attendance.
Today, privately owned and money-making charter schools have become a major factor in our education systems and have diminished public schools by drawing away tax money. If this method of education continues, we will hurt ourselves by diminishing the educational services that we should be providing for all of our children, including those who are unable to afford private schools.
Please! Let us cease our giving of public funds to privately owned charter schools and return to those days when our public schools were truly places that provided a good education for all of our children.
My two sisters and I grew up in Philly during the 1940s and 1950s and at a time when our public schools were truly terrific. We attended our public elementary, junior high and high schools and in my mind, I could never have asked for anything better. For those who wanted to attend fine private schools in those days, their families were required to pay separately for said attendance.
Today, privately owned and money-making charter schools have become a major factor in our education systems and have diminished public schools by drawing away tax money. If this method of education continues, we will hurt ourselves by diminishing the educational services that we should be providing for all of our children, including those who are unable to afford private schools.
Please! Let us cease our giving of public funds to privately owned charter schools and return to those days when our public schools were truly places that provided a good education for all of our children.
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