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

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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 the 5thGrade; Ms.

Largin, in the 6th; Mr.

Gibbons, my high school geography teacher; Ms. Parker, wh…