This is also why I'm so against the typical public school systems we've built in the US. Its a top-down beaurocratic system that does nothing but transfer wealt

This is also why I'm so against the typical public school systems we've built in the US. Its a top-down beaurocratic system that does nothing but transfer wealth from the taxpayer to the teachers and their unions. Outcomes are piss poor in big cities and endless strikes for benefits and pay aren't wonderful things. Chicago is reeling from a pension crisis right now mostly due to corrupt deals with a corrupt teacher's union. A teacher's union with an average teacher's salary of $72,000 a year - for 9 months work in a very affordable city! How affordable? Our average household income is $43,000. We need more charter schools and alternative learning either funded by the state with existing tax dollars or attached to property tax breaks for parents using them instead of the standard public school. We've been fighting for more charter schools but they come slowly because of all the pro-union politics that many liberals, unfortunately, consider unquestionable. You'd think liberals would be on the side of alternate education, especially since there's so much research on different types of children responding better to these methods. As an introvert and somewhat of a non-standard learner, I got lucky that my parents were able to afford private school for me. I know a lot of other introverts didn't get so lucky and suffered badly in public school. Some of them are doing very poorly in life and I fully believe if they had different educations opportunities they'd be much better off. A top-down system that works only with extroverted neurotypicals is a huge disservice to children and the taxpayer.