Not sure about the whole voucher system in the states, but up here in canuck land, independant schools need to follow the standards set by the provincial gov't to get funding, ie a cahtolic shool can receive funding for its students if they teach math, science, social studies, reading and writing as per the provincial curriculum (ie no intelligent design in a science classroom ;) ), along with their religious classes.
However, in BC our public schools are in a shambles, Teachers here just came off a two week illegal strike trying to get better class size and composition (ie how many ESL and special needs per class) It is pretty bitter up here (btw my wife is a teacher). basically over the last four years the Gov't has stripped the teachers contract of any language (that they gave up $$$ in salary for btw) that pertains to class size and composition, and piled on a whole bunch of new work centralizing and standardizing tests (which I agree with for statistics, although most teachers disagree) So basically they are doing more work for less money, which does not make for a happy teacher ( I know! ) and will decrease what the teacher does for their class both inside and outside class hours. Enough rambling, my point is that public education up here is in dire straights up here, and it looks like private education is going to win out the day (they are scoring the highest on those standardized tests) for an example you can look at how New Zealand have recently funded their schools by performance / population in independantly run schools. ok, </rant>: On 10/26/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +100 > > On 10/26/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If they are taking federal or local dollars, then they need to be > > subject to the same requirements and restrictions that public schools > > are. > > > > Otherwise we should just cancel the need for any school to follow any > > guidelines. > > > > If some schools must, all schools must. If some schools don't, all > > schools don't. > > > > It is only fair. > > > > On 10/26/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Marlon wrote: > > > > These are my feelings also that a private school should be able to do > > > > set whatever f'ed up rules they want. I just think the public > > > > shouldn't have to fund these through vouchers. > > > > > > > > > > Normally I'd agree with you, but not in this case because there's a > > > federal guarantee that every kid will get a funded k-12 education. > > > > > > If that's the case, then I think the parents should be free to take > > > those dollars whereever they think their child will get the best > > > education - if that's a Catholic school, then ok. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178497 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
