Keep in mind that there are lot's of ways for a school to be bad. I'm always frustrated when people say "the problem with education in this country..." and then

Keep in mind that there are lot's of ways for a school to be bad. I'm always frustrated when people say "the problem with education in this country..." and then list the particulars of their experience. There is a vast diversity of dysfunction ranging from crumbling physical plant to horrible teachers and sometimes lousy parents and lazy students. There are also some phenomenal public schools in the United States.