WHY are public school teachers referred to as professionals when they are told where, when, what, sometimes even how, to teach, with whom to teach, and otherwise treated like the public employees they are. The school is viewed as a good school rather than merely one with good students. The National Education Association is. WHY do so many educators bemoan parental apathy when parental involvement is often welcomed only on the school's terms. Join the PTA, the Booster Club, help raise money, or help spread the word about our good school but don't think parental involvement means you can have your child assigned to another school, or another teacher, or otherwise have any choice over your child's school environment.
Parents are apathetic because they have much to be apathetic about.
With more than 14,000 school districts, millions of staff and 47,000,000 students, almost anything that can be said is true someplace. It is no satisfaction to them, or anyone else, if others succeed. Similarly, the number that don't succeed is irrelevant for those who do. WHY don't we talk about students, which is what school choice is all about.