Funny how you complain about public schools. However you withdrew from them. Because fo that do you have a right to complain about them? I think you're letting your prejudices rule what you see.
The data is very strong about parental involvement. Studies using the NORC database with 20,000 and more kids followed throughout their school career have been more than conclusive. Kids succeed when their parents give a damn regardless of the school, be it public or private. The most likely reason, aside from cherry picking, that private schools show better achievement rates is that the parents tend to be more involved than in public schools. As for schools not wanting parents involved. Around here they are all but begging parents to get involved. larry On 10/27/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The schools constantly whine about parental involvement. They are affronted > when it materializes. They don't *want* involved parents... they want guilty > parents. I am sure that offended a lot of people out there, but I get the > impression that not a lot of your have personal experience with the issue, > and that's mine. This was true of both good and bad schools in several > states. > Bottom line, schools are fiefdoms that have managed to convince the general > public that giving them money will be good for children. > > Dana > On 10/27/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Privatization isn't a magic bullet. > > > > Private schools only achieve greater academic success because they attract > > involved parents, who then send off their engaged students...to be > > instructed by motivated teachers. > > > > Privatizing a shit-hole school isn't going to magically transform the > > students and their parents into people who suddenly give a crap. Like i > > said > > earlier, I don't think you can fix this problem from the top down. > > > > > The only way I can see to overcome this is to privatize non-performing > > > schools. The state takeover is bogus because it does not relaly happen > > at > > > least not here, nor do I think it would really be a solution if it did. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178538 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
