Where did things go wrong?

I guess it is an appropriate question that can be applied in the context of the place of boarding public schools in our ever changing education landscape. Undoubtedly, boarding schools used to occupy a special place in the hearts of many parents and students.

Where did things go wrong? Where are the boarding schools in this present climate of academic under achievement? Digging deep into the distant past, the annals of history would present an interesting scenario where almost all boarding schools earned the tag of existing as bastions of academic excellence. They were few in number but their presence was profoundly felt.