> I'm ashamed to admit that I like private schools, but wow, have they been good for my kids.
Nothing to be ashamed about. You want the best for your children and private schools get more money.
The problem is not that private schools are better, but that public schools are so much worse. The people feeling shame should be the politicians who have worked and continue to work to dismantle the public education system (in large part motivated by religious fundamentalists seeking to replace public education with voucher-based religious schools), and the people that vote for them.
Nothing to be ashamed about. You want the best for your children and private schools get more money.
The problem is not that private schools are better, but that public schools are so much worse. The people feeling shame should be the politicians who have worked and continue to work to dismantle the public education system (in large part motivated by religious fundamentalists seeking to replace public education with voucher-based religious schools), and the people that vote for them.