Private schools should receive no government funding. Public schools are failing nationwide because of the failure of parents and the resulting apathy of their children. Involved parents create energetic children which leads to invigorated teachers......The public schools can't be fixed from the top-down...only from the bottom-up.
Public schools fail because they are a reflection of a failed public. > No Gruss, you are wrong. > > If private schools do not have to accept people on basis of race, > religion, test scores, IQ, money, athletic ability or special needs, > then they have a completely unfair advantage in every way. That would > not be the "free market" education you have been preaching about. > > If public schools could cherry-pick their students like private > schools do, then we would see test scores jump overnight for these > schools as well. > > The difference between a private school and a public school is that a > public school has to take EVERYONE who wants to go. > > This level playing field for all students is both the blessing and the > curse of our public school system. > > If private schools want to get public money, then I think (as well as > everyone I've ever talked to on the subject) that they need to adhere > to the same rules that public schools must meet. > > This should also includes fair hiring practices, freedom of speech, > and the like. > > If, on the other hand, you don't think that private schools should > have to follow the same fair practices, do you think that public > schools should? > > And if you think private schools shouldn't, and public schools should, > have you thought that out to its logical conclusion? Exactly who is > going to be left in the public school system? > > And how is this preferential treatment of some schools over others a > fair market for education? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:178511 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
