| A study done by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute | | | | love their children like all other parents do. They want |
| found that nationwide, public-school teachers are | | | | the best for their kids. So, is it any wonder that so |
| almost twice as likely as other parents to send their | | | | many teachers send their children to private |
| children to a private school. The study also found that | | | | schools?These statistics should be a warning signal for |
| more than one in five public-school teachers send their | | | | parents, a red flag waving briskly in the wind. If your |
| kids to private schools.In the biggest cities across | | | | children's teachers are sending their children to private |
| America, the statistics get even more startling. In | | | | schools, should you be keeping your kids in public |
| Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and 16 other big cities, | | | | school? If the soldier-teachers in the public-school |
| more than 1 out of 4 public-school teacher's kids | | | | trenches tell you that there is something very wrong |
| attend private schools. In some cities, almost half the | | | | with these schools, you should, for once, be listening to |
| public-school teachers do this. For example, in | | | | them.Actions speak louder than words. The fact that |
| Philadelphia, 44 percent, and in Cincinnati, 41 percent of | | | | so many public-school teachers send their kids to |
| public-school teachers sent their kids to private | | | | private schools should be all the proof you need that it |
| schools.Yet, across America, only about 12.2 percent | | | | might be wise for you to look for education |
| of all parents who are not teachers send their children | | | | alternatives for your kids elsewhere.If you think you |
| to private schools.Now, why is this? Public school | | | | can't afford an expensive private school, you're happily |
| authorities keep telling us that they give our kids a | | | | mistaken. Joel Turtel's book, "Public School's, Public |
| good education. Yet they send their kids to private | | | | Menace" tells parents all about quality, low-cost Internet |
| schools?Well, teachers know best in this case. They | | | | private schools. These private schools are a great |
| actually work in the public schools every day. They | | | | new resource for giving your children an excellent |
| see the kind of 3rd-rate, often mind-numbing education | | | | education at an affordable price. |
| children get in these schools. Public-school teachers | | | | |