not sure how it works in BC but in Ontario the Catholic schools are also government funded...
On 10/27/05, Greg Hamm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:5:178502 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
