I live in an affluent suburb of Chicago where we spend approximately $17,000 per student per year to educate our grade school students. I recently looked up state statistics on reading and math and learned that 42% of the students are reading at grade level while 50% are proficient in math.
I live in an affluent suburb of Chicago where we spend approximately $17,000 per student per year to educate our grade school students. I recently looked up state statistics on reading and math and learned that 42% of the students are reading at grade level while 50% are proficient in math.
Let the money follow the child and allow parents to make decision as to where their child is educated. The public school system has failed our children.
I live in an affluent suburb of Chicago where we spend approximately $17,000 per student per year to educate our grade school students. I recently looked up state statistics on reading and math and learned that 42% of the students are reading at grade level while 50% are proficient in math.
Let the money follow the child and allow parents to make decision as to where their child is educated. The public school system has failed our children.
Susan, if you have not heard of it, Wirepoints.org does excellent work on the problems in public education in Illinois. Highly recommended.