Why does everyone keep assuming that private schools are going to be religious? There are schools out there that are private and have nothing to do with religion.
~~ Stephenie -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 3:10 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Bow to me. Bow to each other. At the ready ... Must be nice to be rich Jon. Vouchers are just a back handed way to subsidize religious schools whose educational quality, with a few exceptions, are not all that great. Private schools do not have to take in all children. Public schools do. Right now if a child is in need of special ed, there are very few private schools that are willing to accept that kid. So much for a choice. If private schools want government funding then they should have to operate under the same rules. Otherwise no money should be going to support private schools. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 3:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bow to me. Bow to each other. At the ready ... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Really, and if there isn't a choice between private > schools. For example > the > > vast majority of the private schools receiving vouchers in > Cleveland were > > religious institutions. To me that still violates the establishment > clause. > > Additionally secular private schools charge far above what > the vouchers > pay > > for. The rest have to come out of the parents pockets. Some > choice. So far > > the program seems to be an attempt to publicly subsidize > private religious > > education. > > I say let the parents decide where to send their kids. If they think > religion is more important to their kids future career than some other > discipline, let them reap what they sow. > > > > Secondly, if private schools were to operate under the > exact same rules as > > the public schools do, or at the very least in terms of > accepting all > > children regardless of handicap etc. then their performance > would be very > > close to public schools. for instance I did an analysis in > grad school of > > differences between public and private schools in term of academic > > performance on the NORC data. When controlling for parental > involvement, > all > > differences between public and private schools disappeared > in terms of > > academic achievement. In other words it is other factors > rather than the > > myth that private schools are intrinsically better that account for > improved > > school performance. > > That just it! They do not have to operate under the same > exact rules. They > can even impose entrance tests to keep out the morons. > > > As for the system being broken, that's another myth that's > been foisted on > > the public by politicians. While the US in not at the top > in k-12, it is > > certainly not at the bottom, (those countries without a > public school > system > > seem to be over represented at the bottom of the list). > Moreover this > > country has made some very notable improvements over the > last 20 years. > > When was the last time you were in a high school? It wasn't > too long ago > that I was a high school student, and I can tell you, very > little actual > learning goes on in school these days. > > jon > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
