Earlier this year, a reader wrote to The Japan Times in response to an education feature on schooling options for the children of non-Japanese parents. The reader wanted to know more, but the earlier feature was unfortunately curtailed by space.
The questions he had regarding his daughters' education were ones like which school should he choose? What issues might his mixed-race children face? How would they fare with learning more than one language?
I'd like to offer a response that skews in favor of public schools. However, I admit I also have a horse (more like foal) in this race: My son is in his second year of kindergarten and my wife and I intend to send him to public school because "free" education, funded by we the people, is surely one of the better aspects of recent civilization — even if it regularly gets failing grades.