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I really cannot speak for Colorado, only from my personal experiences
with 3 different private, religious based schools, for 4 children and 1
grandchild (currently living with us to escape public school!). I rate
2 of them very high based on what my kids learned, the other I rate as
average. This is in full awareness of the public schools here which are
quite good. If I lived in a metropolitan area (LIttle Rock, Memphis,
New Orleans, of my experience), I would do anything possible to keep my
children out of the typical public school.
Of course, private education is not inherently "better" than public
education, and I am certain there are some poor ones around (your
feeling would indicate you have some such experiences). However, it is
my personal feeling that if there were more competition to public
education, then public schools would be better. The reality is, in most
large school districts, low income parents have almost no say in school
curriculuum, operation, or performance. They should leave that in the
hands of educational professionals who know how to run the schools.
I have great sympathy for teachers in public schools dealing with low
parent interest, little administrative support, student discipline
problems with little recourse, and a host of other problems, but that
sympathy doesn't alter the fact that if parents could REALLY vote with
their tax dollars for the schools they want their children to attend,
there would be a lot of vacant public schools.