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The Three Biggest Myths of a Public School Education
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American parents have bought into noble ideas about their schools. Here’s the uncomfortable truth.
By Tim DeRoche
06.15.23 — Education
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When Terry Grier became the superintendent of the Houston Independent School District in 2009, one of his top priorities was to reform the admissions process for the district’s highly coveted magnet schools. 

Magnet schools were created in the 1960s and 1970s as a part of the effort to desegregate the K–12 education system. The idea was: let’s create gre…

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Tim DeRoche
My fourth book, THE GRATEFUL BEAST: CAN EVOLUTION TELL US WHY WE WORSHIP?, publishes in 2026. Bestselling author of HUCK & MIGUEL, a modern retelling of Huck Finn set on the LA River, plus two other books. Essays for The Free Press, Unherd, & LitHub.
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