You are crediting our public education system for our historically strong economy? How about crediting our liberty, hard work and the American spirit. Public education? You must be kidding. Public schools mostly undermine traditional American values. 

Sorry, but we are doing poorly educating all socie-economic groups in the public schools. There is no research that shows we are doing great with everyone but the poor. I haven't even heard that claim before. 

No one that knows anything about education compares the US to Scandinavian countries. It has been said and explained way too many times to repeat. 

You are right on one point: the wealthy have school choice. They can choose private schools or move into a wealthy neighborhood where the schools are at least functioning. It is the poor and disadvantaged who have no school choice. The do in many states that have robust charter systems but not in Oregon where the union has a stranglehold on the system.

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