Compulsory education actually reduced US literacy levels after it was introduced, and it’s also not its original stated goals, nor is today any better at literacy
reply54% of adults lack proficiency in literacy
Public schools have failed to “educate”
As a European, I don’t know what a Public school means. But if it refers to the kind of school environment you can find on YouTube by searching for “gen alpha teachers,” then I’m surprised those schools still exist at all.
reply> As a European, I don’t know what a Public school means
replyIt means "school paid for by taxes", which, as a European is probably the sort of school you attended
Private school is a school you have to pay to attend
In the UK it means a type of (established, large, non-profit) what Americans call a private school. We call the latter in general independent schools.
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