So I read this blog on how cities with children are successful. They were basically saying how Memphis needs more children and needs the middle-age families to support the city and send them to city schools instead of private schools.
But as I was reading this I realized how it kind of incorporated with my paper. Since I am focusing on Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools with the No Child Left Behind act, I have seen how horrible the Memphis City Schools are doing. While Shelby County Schools have 100% of their schools passing all of the rules for the act, Memphis City Schools has way too many schools failing in certain aspects. If these schools do not improve then they will eventually go under.
And they wonder why many of the families that live in the city send their children to private schools. They want the best for their children and going to a school that is under revision is not the first school a parent would choose to send their child.
Another huge problem is the crime. Memphis has the worst crime so why would parents want their young children out and about in a harmful city. I think that if Memphis worked on its schools and crime rate the number of families living in the city would rise.
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I think I know the article you read. I remember seeing something about middle-age children, but I did not blog about that. I see what you mean. I'm starting to figure out why Memphis City Schools are always on television, mostly bad then good, rather seeing the Count Schools on media. To me, it is strange and makes me ponder about that. Not everyone really knows the details about the No Child Left Behind Act. Students are given letters to give to their parents and I believe half of the students do not give the parents anything that is sent home for them. Private school is a lot of money to attend. Is it worth sending a child to private school?
I def. know where you are coming from and agree with you. Why do they want to bring more children into that environment? They have the worst ratings, they are always on television for violence, weapons on campus, drugs, and gang relations. No one wants to send theie children to that. I know private school is expensive but it's better then going to school with all of that. So it would be worth the money, i believe.
I really like that you're seeing connections between crime, school, property taxes, etc. Very good job. Keep it up, and let me know if I can help you with anything.
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