Troubled Teens Resources

Boarding schools, troubled teen boarding schools and specialty schools most often offer a superior education to that of any public institution. In fact, more parents are investigating alternate education, giving rise to efforts to make such choices available to a far greater number of parents and their at risk teens.

“Many sources agree that, on the whole, American public schools are rotten. In 2000, a whopping 12 percent of graduating seniors were rated ‘proficient’ in science, and international surveys rank our graduating seniors 19th overall out of 21 nations. In 2002, the Washington Post summarized a different survey: ‘Nearly six in 10 of the nation’s high school seniors lack even a basic knowledge of U.S. history,’” says Gelerneter.”

Talking to parents whose troubled teenagers were turned around in a private boarding school, the question they are starting to ask is, do we need public education at all?

“Why not liberate all the vast resources we spend on public schools to be re-channeled to private schools chosen by the nation’s parents? Any public school offering an education that parents will actually pay for (of their own free will) would presumably be replaced by a private school offering essentially the same thing. But a vast array of new private schools would germinate also. And a vast number of failed public schools would disappear.”

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Take time this summer and investigate alternative educational options for your teenagers. You certainly won’t be alone.