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Nikita Bush's career as a public school teacher came to an end when she faced the decision of how to educate her own children. Having been told for years that American public schools would eventually get better for black children, the number of African-American homeschooling parents like Ms. Bush has doubled in little over a decade.
As Patrick Jonsson of the Christian Science monitor reports, studies show all kinds of public school problems disproportionately affect black children, and many parents have decided to take matters into their own hands. Even single parents are forming co-ops to make it possible to educate their children together outside of the public school system.
What do you do when you feel the system is failing your child and their education?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday August 23 2016, @03:07PM
Drugs and trespassing should be hendled in the local community, with community service and restitution if applicable. vandalism comes in a lot of different styles and varieties. Broke a window? Make the dumbass pay for the window, AND do a week or two of community service. Burnt down a warehouse? Alright, this guy is a candidate for prison. Spray painted a wall, bridge, a tree, a park bench? Put him to work scrubbing his own mess, then keep him at it for another couple weeks in the neighborhood.
Tell me, do you really think that, even if our prisons were perfect, a broken window, or a spray painted park bench, warrants a year in prison?
Also, tell me - what do young men learn in prison? It's not like prisons are really aimed at rehabilitation. Prisoners have lots of idle time to swap lies, and learn another loser's methods of getting caught.
Let's go to some effort and expense to keep dumb ass kids OUT OF PRISON! Kids are kids, they do stupid things. I did, I'll wager that you did. I never got caught doing the stupidest things, so I don't have a record. I'm "respectable", all because I don't have a prison record.
A lot of those youngsters might become respectable, if only we can keep them OUT OF PRISON!
Let me make that just as clear as I know how: petty criminals don't belong in prison. They belong in the community, working for the community.