The Show-Me Institute’s Education Policy Analyst, James Shuls, Ph.D., responds to the Slate article: “If You Send Your Kid to Private School, You Are a Bad Person“.
Kids aren’t social workers. We don’t send them to school to improve the lives of everyone else. We send them to learn. It’s time we redefine public education.
About the Author
James V. Shuls is an associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Missouri St. Louis. His work has been featured in numerous media outlets, including Phi Delta Kappan, Social Science Quarterly, Education Week, The Rural Educator, Educational Policy, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He earned his Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Arkansas. He holds a bachelors degree from Missouri Southern State University and a masters degree from Missouri State University, both in elementary education. Prior to pursuing his doctorate, James taught first grade and fifth grade in southwest Missouri.
