TooMuchBlue

My collection of rants and raves about technology, my kids and family, social/cultural phenomena, and inconsistencies in the media and politics.

2004-09-22

Now that gives me a lot of confidence.

I only have a moment to note an article in the Washington Post which says that a recent study shows over 25% of public school teachers in large U.S. cities put their children in private schools - almost twice the average of all parents. In Chicago, about 39% of teachers enroll their children in private schools. The authors of the study add,
"Teachers, it is reasonable to assume, care about education, are reasonably expert about it and possess quite a lot of information about the schools in which they teach. We can assume that no one knows the condition and quality of public schools better than teachers who work in them every day." "They know from personal experience that many of their colleagues make such a choice [for private vs. public schools], and do so for good and sufficient reasons."
Currently, we're planning to put Ethan in public school, but this adds an interesting spin to that decision.

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