Look up the NYC School Teachers' Strike of 1968 leading to school board decentralization. Thus began the descent into astoundingly unqualified teachers and their effect on minority schoolchildren.
Unfortunately there's no perfect, or decent and durable, solution to these problems because of, you know, human nature. The corrupt always drive out the well-meaning. Everywhere, in all times, in all places. This is a never-ending struggle.
The same thing has been proposed for libraries. It's a descent into information hoarding by the rich.
I propose instead that schools are run by communities. The State has proved indeed to be malicious.
Look up the NYC School Teachers' Strike of 1968 leading to school board decentralization. Thus began the descent into astoundingly unqualified teachers and their effect on minority schoolchildren.
Unfortunately there's no perfect, or decent and durable, solution to these problems because of, you know, human nature. The corrupt always drive out the well-meaning. Everywhere, in all times, in all places. This is a never-ending struggle.
And they're a minority, in most cases.
The neighborhood free library boxes are a small way to avoid government hoarding of information sources.