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Re:US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuin... by BeFlatXIII on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:10PM (#45199781)
> Every now and again there is an aberration where teachers actually teach something in a public school, but in the US, why take the chance? If you can afford it, send your kids to a private school.

Ignoring the existence of well-off suburban public schools.

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Re:US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuin... by OhMeadhbh on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @01:16PM (#45200794)
Yes. I went to a very nice suburban public school. As did my offspring. But it seems somehow... thermodynamic... in order to maintain the quality of our suburban public schools, we have to take more and more resources away from other schools, in less well-off neighborhoods.

I don't have data on this, but it certainly SEEMS to be that way.

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Re:US HS students lose ground in math and reading, continuin... by BeFlatXIII on Thursday September 11, 2025 @11:33AM (#45212834)
At least where I grew up, it was a result of higher real estate prices in the suburbs leading to higher revenue at the same tax rate.
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