Working-class students more often lack the advice, guidance and support needed to navigate the tricky application process, whereas their wealthy peers at top public schools have admissions tutors to help their students game the system.
Americans, like many citizens of rich countries, take for granted the legal and regulatory system, the public schools, health care and social security for the elderly, roads, defense and diplomacy, and heavy investments by the state in research, particularly in medicine.
The very wealthy have little need for state-provided education or health care... They have even less reason to support health insurance for everyone or to worry about the low quality of public schools that plagues much of the country.
Just and equal society could be made by drastically improving the condition of India's public schools.
I've met with titans of Silicon Valley because they're investing in our national expansion. I've had lunch with Claire Danes because she sees DonorsChoose.org as the best way to help students in public schools. I would never, ever rub shoulders with such people if I had followed the typical career path in investment banking or whatever.
If you just believe in our democracy, and you want an informed electorate, public schools are in your interest, and I think our country is dependent on public schools, whether or not you personally have a kid in the public school system.
I think there are really are some public schools, incredibly successful public schools, that are inculcating a real educational ethic in their students.
Well, just as in the quality of public schools, there is massive disparity and the compensation given to the public school teachers.
People not only want to support public schools, but people warm to this idea of being a philanthropist, even if they might have only have $5 to spare.
I'm a proud product of the Massachusetts public schools.
