Charter Schools

[barbara]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

Barbara, I realize that. I have done social work in the past. I'm just saying that a level playing field for the wealthy is not a level playing field for the poor. Please don't beat me up.

Didn't mean to beat you up. I don't think I understood the intent of your post. Sorry.

[merrylander]

Florence's first eight years were at St. Henry's Academy in San Antonio taught by the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence and it was not cheap. I believe her Abuela Florencia paid for it because she felt they had made a mistake in not sending her mother there.

[Oerets]

My intentions were to point out a view on public schools and the need to have all of them provide the best education no matter where the student. Private schools have been for the most part religious in doctrine historically. In a country where church and state were to be separated. I see the use of public funds to pay for religious or private even charter as a unnecessary use of them.

If one wants religious teaching then pay!!! Do not expect the rest to fund your views. Just how would the "right" feel if known madrassas are funded with their taxes?

I feel all schools should have the same standard of education available and resources. Not tied to property values or sports. After all the graduates will be the ones running the country soon enough. Do we really want a sub educated group of voters like we have now?


Barney

[Tom Joad]

Everyone should go to public schools. The Public schools I attended were amazing. I got a tremendous education from them.

[bobabode]

You guys in the Alt-Left sure have a big streak of authoritarianism running through you. So what if people want to send their kids to parochial school or a madrassa for that matter, as long as it's on their dime and they meet the scholastic standards set by the Dept. of Education.

BTW, you're even starting to write at a fourth grade level, like Trump.

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by bobabode

BTW, you're even starting to write at a fourth grade level, like Trump.

Look just how far that got him! King, oops I meant to say President of the tweets!




Barney

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by bobabode

You guys in the Alt-Left sure have a big streak of authoritarianism running through you. So what if people want to send their kids to parochial school or a madrassa for that matter, as long as it's on their dime and they meet the scholastic standards set by the Dept. of Education.

BTW, you're even starting to write at a fourth grade level, like Trump.

It is quite simple for Catholics to have parochial schools as there is only one Catholic Church. Whereas the Protestants have so many denominations it would simply be impossible, especially in small towns. Where I grew up in Quebec the town was so small we even had a Union Church because there were not enough Protestants of any given denomination to have their own church. It was in the Protestant Churches that Sunday School originated.

Education was another matter as schools were split along religious grounds, not language. So any French Canadian of Huguenot persuasion had to attend the Protestant (English) school and those of Irish descent attended the Protestant schools
. I will say this though, they taught us to think, and think for ourselves. They were not in the business of turning out robots for industry. Industries did their own training at their own expense and did not expect the taxpayers to do it for them.

[Oerets]

In a perfect world, envisioned and enshrined by our Constitution where all men are created equal. Public schools should be also equal in training free of religious influences. Churches have their own avenues of passing wisdom along. Churches also do not pay taxes!
I see the move towards education segregated by income and ability to play sports. With little thought or care for those less fortunate who fail to have these.

Barney

[whell]

Public schools in Detroit are a disaster. It's should be mandatory for every family in Detroit to be given the option of sending their children to the school of their choice - public, private, charter, home school, whatever.

These schools are screwed up now, but the state can't close them until 2018, if it can close them at all. Meanwhile, the parents who can't afford to send their kids somewhere else are stuck sending their kids to schools that are failing. That's wrong. Its not a red, blue, right, left issue. Its simply unconscionable that any parent should be forced to send their kids to a failing school.

Meanwhile, 11 former Detroit public school principals (and counting) have been convicted for stealing from the school system and the students.

Its disgusting, its wrong. If "choice" is a good thing, it should also apply to parent's choice of how their children are educated.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by whell

Public schools in Detroit are a disaster. It's should be mandatory for every family in Detroit to be given the option of sending their children to the school of their choice - public, private, charter, home school, whatever.

That's because rich white people don't want to pay a nickel extra to fund the Public schools for poor dark kids. Fuck them. I hope those poor dark kids grow up to be gang bangers and mug those selfish assed rich white people and steal their BMW's and Rolex Watches. Serves em right.