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Originally Posted by Whitley
In NY and NJ busses and books are provided to children attending private schools. In NYC where I went to school (Bronx) within three blocks of the PS was a Catholic School, A Jewish School and a private school. Offer the parents the opportunity to send their kids to the school they choose. Where there is the will, they will find a way. With Catholic Schools spending 2/3 of what the PS do per pupil, and getting better results based on standardized test scores, and graduation rates, a parent will do what they must to provide their child a better education. Catholic schools in lower income and newly arrived immigrant communities are closing at record rates. Without vouchers children in these underserved communities will have fewer choices. You and I are most likely close in age. Since we were children in school we have heard that choice must not be offered as the PS needs the funds to improve. Fifty years down the road, several generations of children, they have not improved. It is immoral not to offer these communities the opportunity to choose. We are perpetuating poverty by having children from poor communities attend sub par schools.
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Agreeing that Catholic schools have a better rating than public schools how much is that a result of admission standards to these schools being different than public schools which must accept all children.
My daughter in law is a teacher - a very good teacher according to her reviews. She has taught in schools where the parents considered teachers to be the sole source of the education of their kids who lived in a home environment that did nothing to support the education of their kids. The parents felt no responsibility to encourage their children to do their homework or read. These parents stridently felt that when their kids failed in schools it was the teacher's fault.
Correct me if I am wrong - the parents pay tuition for their children to go to Catholic schools - they care how their children do in school. Since public school is free the parental attitude is not the same. Many of these students go to school because the law requires it.
Since the ratings of public schools is an average of all the students of course Catholic school ratings will beat public schools.
My daughter also has to put up with violent students (and parents) in her classrooms. In private schools those students would be expelled.
Florida is among the five lowest states in compensation for teachers.
Of course teachers are leaving -