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Originally Posted by Haggar
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 -
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I agree with all that you said. At 51,230.00 salary average per school year Florida is at the bottom five. As I mentioned earlier, Florida ranks 4th for students at or above basic& proficient. While admittance is pretty much guaranteed for students starting in K at a Catholic School, the school certainly does have the choice to expel students. That absolutely can play in the favor of the private school.
Assuming we agree on all points, what is the solution? More money would not seem to be the answer. After not seeing an improvement (actually imo it has gotten worse) in fifty years, I propose the voucher so that those parents who do care are not trapped sending their child to a failing school. Doing more of the same should not be acceptable.