Also I truly hope that an end to public school would not mean an end to public education. Given how poorly our country provides childcare to parents, that is no

Also I truly hope that an end to public school would not mean an end to public education. Given how poorly our country provides childcare to parents, that is not a given. Ever optimistic , I hope we can move to a more modular, decentralized, public education system that has better childcare and learning too and is better able to serve the needs of unique communities. As pointed out in these comments, some public schools are pretty great considering it’s still one class in one place learning the same things the same ways. Others more resemble prisons where no learning is happening and teachers, kids and admins are miserable and underserved. Public education is critical to taking care and nurturing our children, exposing them to diverse ideas and scientific values, but that’s not happening in public schools for the most part today. Also the system itself is incredible stiff and slow to adapt to a changing world.