The Biden administration is set to impose new rules for federal education grants that critics say are designed to limit the growth of public charter schools.
The Department of Education proposed updated requirements that charter schools must meet to access the roughly $440 million in federal grants that are mostly used for start-up costs and implementing technology.
The new requirements help fulfill a campaign promise made by President Biden to rein in the nation’s growing network of charter schools. It was a promise that was backed by the nation’s teachers unions.
I've never been comfortable with charter schools in general, so this seems promising.It looks like the Biden administration* has chosen to go to war with the nation's students and parents, on behalf of the teachers unions:
Biden adds hurdles to federal grants for charter schools, keeps promise to teachers unions
The Biden administration is set to impose new rules for federal education grants that critics say are designed to limit the growth of public charter schools.www.washingtontimes.com
It looks like the Biden administration* has chosen to go to war with the nation's students and parents, on behalf of the teachers unions:
Biden adds hurdles to federal grants for charter schools, keeps promise to teachers unions
The Biden administration is set to impose new rules for federal education grants that critics say are designed to limit the growth of public charter schools.www.washingtontimes.com
Right, let those parents that can afford the extra funds get their children a decent education, who cares about poor kids? Apparently the answer is, neither the Biden administration* nor teachers unions.YOU WANT A private school, pay yourself, don't use my money and spend it elsewhere.
Why not just fix the school instead of adding extra ones?It seems one more mistake from the Biden administration. Stop kids from having the ability to move from a failing school to a better one by slowing down charter schools formation.
Because regulations, bureaucracy, and teachers unions get in the way. Plus, the lack of competition leads to poor quality, as is so often the case.Why not just fix the school instead of adding extra ones?
Right, let those parents that can afford the extra funds get their children a decent education, who cares about poor kids? Apparently the answer is, neither the Biden administration* nor teachers unions.
How do you fix them? They have been failing for many years. Children should be able to leave a failing school and move to a better one. If your family is rich should not be the deciding factor.Why not just fix the school instead of adding extra ones?
Charter schools are not better than public schools. Some are good some are very bad.Right, let those parents that can afford the extra funds get their children a decent education, who cares about poor kids? Apparently the answer is, neither the Biden administration* nor teachers unions.
How's that working out?Why not just fix the school instead of adding extra ones?
Many public schools are a flaming disaster!! But evil people want to keep poor kids in failing schools! Shameful!
Public schools are more than adequate. The problem is not the schools, it is the culture in poor neighborhoods.
Look at the Palin's for example. They are not even poor but their culture is deplorable and the kids drop out and drug.
It's the culture, the family. Rich or poor. Not the public schools.
It looks like the Biden administration has chosen to go to war with the nation's students and parents on behalf of the teachers unions:
Many public schools are no where near adequate. They suck......
Public schools are more than adequate. The problem is not the schools, it is the culture in poor neighborhoods.
Look at the Palin's for example. They are not even poor but their culture is deplorable and the kids drop out and drug.
It's the culture, the family. Rich or poor. Not the public schools.
Many charter schools are flaming disasters too.Many public schools are a flaming disaster!! But evil people want to keep poor kids in failing schools! Shameful!
The same applies to many charter schools.Many public schools are no where near adequate. They suck......
Then the regulations and bureaucracy need adjusted. And teachers unions if necessary, although I'm far less likely to believe they are the issue than the other factors involved.Because regulations, bureaucracy, and teachers unions get in the way. Plus, the lack of competition leads to poor quality, as is so often the case.
Has anyone ever done it?How's that working out?
The Teachers union look out for the teachers not the kids or parents. Look at the crap the unions did during COVID.Since when have teacher unions been bad for students and parents?
Charter schools exist to bypass teacher union rules such as minimum wage and financial incentives for high student grades. They exist to make a profit, not to educate children better than they would in good public schools. Private schools are good if they only exist to educate kids better, such as the one my nephew goes to, and have no anti-union agenda.
I don't actually know, since I do not work as an educator of any sort.How do you fix them? They have been failing for many years. Children should be able to leave a failing school and move to a better one. If your family is rich should not be the deciding factor.
They protected kids during covid. Insisted the science be followed.The Teachers union look out for the teachers not the kids or parents. Look at the crap the unions did during COVID.
"Since when have teacher unions been bad for students and parents?"
The trick some don't seem to understand about science is, that when applied correctly, it accepts from the start that it may be wrong, and works to find out if it is.They protected kids during covid. Insisted the science be followed.
Right, let those parents that can afford the extra funds get their children a decent education, who cares about poor kids? Apparently the answer is, neither the Biden administration nor teachers unions.
If the public schools are doing so well, then why do the New York charter schools have waiting lists measured in the tens of thousands? Why are Asian-heritage parents being more and more attracted to charter schools?Public schools are more than adequate. The problem is not the schools, it is the culture in poor neighborhoods.
Good luck with that, with all the vested interests that like things as they are. That's why it's easier to set up charter schools than fix the public schools. Personally, I think the best way to fix our broken school system is to let the money follow the student, and let parents spend that money on any school they choose--or no school if they choose to home school instead.Then the regulations and bureaucracy need adjusted. And teachers unions if necessary, although I'm far less likely to believe they are the issue than the other factors involved.
The truth is that it doesn't really take that much money to provide adequate schooling. Utah is second to last in per-pupil spending ($8,014) while its students rank 6th in the nation in NAEP reading scores and 16th in the nation in NAEP math scores.Competition isn't the issue, the issue is inequality of funding source. It shouldn't be property taxes, and schools shouldn't be worse because the local area is poorer.
I agree.The trick some don't seem to understand about science is, that when applied correctly, it accepts from the start that it may be wrong, and works to find out if it is.
Which is why the more established conclusions such as how gravity works aren't even questioned anymore. Because they've been proven to work an untold number of times.
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