low class middle school

There was an article in this mornin's paper about 5 middle schools not making the grade. I rmember listening to a teacher talk at our Neiborhood meeting asking for help in tutering children. Her thing was poor babies as the kids came from single parent homes so they could not do the work that was required of them. Another time we had a meeting about the 7th grade wring a theme about our goverment and we got the local middle school and the local religious schools to participate. You know trhe diffence between the public schools and the religious schools was a couple of words and that is you will do it. the public schools said the children would do it was simple and that was poor babies did not have time. They have plenty of time to run the streets and of course to play games with their boy friends or girl friends. I wonder when our so call educator will realize what their students are really lacking, and that is leadership by the educators. I realize a question " will are so call educators ever get the answer when they say they are teaching the student and also it is none of the parent's business what they are teaching the children. Why does it take a Federal Law to make our schools a place where the schools are a place of learning and not a social butterfly. Does our local and state school boards know anthing or are they interest in what the schools are doing. Is it posibly that all they have to do is to hire the contractor who pay their way in elections. One way would changed the way our are so call teaacheers are trained. Onae principal in a grade school mnade a statement that Grade school teachers do not have to know anything. I guess the courses of Psyc and socialiology is sufficent to lead the children in ignorence. Ho well enough complaining and let it go. I do not mind paying taxes to support the school but get tired of reading where my taxes are going and no accomplishment.