So Rob Portman voted to confirm Betsy DeVos

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(02-09-2017, 01:47 PM)BoomerFan Wrote: DeVos Backlash Sees Parents Threatening to Homeschool Kids
 

Well that's kind of win-win I guess. DeVos and conservatives get what they want, liberal parents get what they want. The only people who lose are those who are working parents who are too poor and lack the time to homeschool their kids. Those folks might be stuck sending their kids to poorly funded schools that teach the Earth is 6000 years old.

So... a large chunk of the people paying for and utilizing public schools.

(02-09-2017, 02:20 PM)bfine32 Wrote: ...and how has that paid off over the last couple decades? You are saying the qualifications should be similar to those that have failed.

I know that's the popular narrative, but probably want to walk that one back. Our schools are more successful now than any time since we started public schools in the US. 

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/02/12/us-high-school-graduation-rate-hits-all-time-high
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/17/498246451/the-high-school-graduation-reaches-a-record-high-again

Quote:Estimates vary depending on the method used, but generally speaking, the graduation rate didn't exceed 50 percent of the population until 1940. It peaked at the end of the 1960s, but continued to undulate, hitting the doldrums between 1995 and 1999. Historically, racial and ethnic minorities trailed behind.

As  Pat mentioned, access to college has grown, and along with it so have options like dual credit. Some kids are going to college with their first two years out of the way because high schools can offer that. Provided they have the resources.