I just have to comment on a couple things...
As a member of my high school's guidance department, I think that some of the responsibility for looking at different colleges has to be on the individual student. We've already had 7 colleges come to visit our senior class this year and many of them already have applications in at their first choice colleges and universities. The student should be an active participant in the college selection process, not a bystander.
I have read Kozol's
Savage Inequalities and I realize that there is parity within the system, more so in certain areas. In the district in which I live, my alma mater (which was equally divided 50/50 when I went there) has had a steadily decreasing budget. My public school system had poured money into the schools in which there is a majority of miniority students. There are things being done to make the system better and more equal. Personally, I would like to see all of the schools receive equal money; that is the only way I think things will ever be completely fair.
Also, one thing I forgotten to mention before. Jeb has instituted something called the H.E.R.O.E.S scholarship. It allows children at schools which are failing them educationally to attend a private school in their area. If you are eligible for free lunch, you are eligible for the scholarship. It pays $3500 a year, which would cover most K-6 schools tuition. Just something to remember
