It’s not public schools that are failing; it is society

When did public schools start failing?It had to be after I graduated. I seem to recall a group of dedicated teachers who taught me how to read and write, add and subtract, and even multiply and divide. All these many eons later, I still remember them: Ms. Dent in the 3rdgrade; Ms. Bolton in 5thgrade; Ms. Largin in the 6th; Mr. Gibbons, my high school geography teacher;Ms. Parker, who ...