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>I think you're confused as to the point of school Actually, I think we're both wrong. During the time in my local PTA what stood out to me was the amount of t
by poulsbohemian 4y ago
>I think you're confused as to the point of school
Actually, I think we're both wrong. During the time in my local PTA what stood out to me was the amount of time and money we spent on providing basic social services to kids - think providing meals, clothes, filtering for home and family problems etc. I would argue that in modern America, public schools are there to provide day care for working parents and to provide a modicum of social services, with education being an overarching hope and dream.
- ksplicer 4y agoI don't think it's just an American thing that schools aren't that useful. Studies such the one linked below indicate that school choice has little impact on educational outcomes. Education is important, but I don't think anyone is particularly better at providing it in classrooms. Private tutoring and small group studies show much more impact. You could argue that is evidence that homeschooling is better, but I think that would only apply if you have subject matter experts teaching topics. Personally I think parents should focus on sending kids to schools that don't overburden children with homework and instead provide many opportunities for extracurriculars. https://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levitt/Papers/schoolchoicelottery.pdf https://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levitt/Papers/schoolchoicel...