Yes. And that money should be for what it should be for, public education, not any education. Just as public funding for law enforcement should go to public law enforcement, not private security.
Your paranoia over freedom to take school taxes and give them to parents is really showing.
So what exactly is your dog in this fight?
It's not paranoia. It's facts. School taxes are for public schools, not to fund individual education wherever a family wants.
Yes, public schools are doing a good job educating kids. They should not have their funding taken by those who are want religion taught using public school funding, want to save money on private school tuition, can't understand how being able to discriminate against some students benefits a select few at the detriment at the majority, especially those less fortunate.
www.kehoe-france.com
Your loss is someone's else's educational gain.
First, most of those schools are in larger cities and a good number of them, at least the best of them, don't accept vouchers. That leaves those in poorer areas out in the cold.Obviously, you have your eyes shut when it comes to the growth of private/charter schools in this country.
There's nothing discriminatory in parents wanting to give their kids the best education possible. And why bring in the racial component?
African-Americans parents are the ones who most want to get their kids out of shitty public schools. Or haven't you read that?
3 Reasons Why Parents Continue to Enroll Their Children in Private Schools
3 Reasons Why Parents Continue to Enroll Their Children in Private Schools - Kehoe-France Southshore
According to National Center for Education Statistics, the United States has about 34,576 private schools. Many parents are finding significant reasons to enroll their children in private schools. The following are some reasons why parents continue to enroll their children in private schools.
So my kids should lose education simply because we aren't willing to compromise our integrity or because my son wouldn't be able to get IEP considerations within many schools?
www.understood.org
I saw the word 'discriminate' and thought you were talking about people of color. You weren't. I retract my statement.
Most are not.You made me look up IEP. Now I know. If that is a burden you must deal with, then best of luck.
I do not care to delve into how private school are able to cope with IEP requirements.
What is an IEP?
What is an IEP? IEP stands for Individualized Education Program. The purpose of an IEP is to lay out the program of special education instruction, supports, and services kids need in school. Get IEP basics here.
You make a good point where public schools are needed in rural areas.
They are also needed in urban/suburban areas too though. My own experience is that the school was not comfortable w/ my son riding the bus because the driver wouldn't be comfortable if he had a seizure. They offered special transportation (and it is paid for by the system). We are well enough off, have jobs that allow us flexibility to drop him off and pick him up while we work from home. That is not something most could do though. Many don't have jobs that allow that and many households, all adults work. Many private schools don't have such accommodations available, even if they provided basic transportation. That's just one small thing.
That can't be emphasized enough.
Of coooooooourse....
Florida OKs school materials aimed at making students conservatives
Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly says he opposes indoctrination in schools. Yet his administration in early July approved materials from a conservative group that says it’s all about indoctrination and…www.orlandosentinel.com
Florida is moving to brainwash the youth, force feeding partisan political propaganda to children. It seems the CRT scare was more projection.
Anyone going to defend this?
Here's a little more to educate you on the teachers unions stranglehold over the public school system.
www.wsj.com
An opinion piece from the editorial board.Here's a little more to educate you on the teachers unions stranglehold over the public school system.
Why are public schools losing students to charter schools?
From today's Wall St Journal.
The Inequity of Public School Funding
Charters get about 30% less than their union-run counterparts.
By
The Editorial Board
Aug. 16, 2023 6:28 pm ET
Few things illustrate the mixed-up priorities of public education more than funding. Traditional public schools continue to get increases in tax dollars even as people are fleeing them. But charter schools continue to get less even though their enrollment is increasing.
That’s the finding of a new study by the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, “Charter School Funding: Little Progress Towards Equity in the City.” The team has studied charter funding since 2002-2003. This study, based on 18 cities, found that on average charter schools “receive about 30 percent or $7,147 less funding per pupil” than traditional public schools, in 2020 dollars.
This gap has been remarkably persistent for 20 years. In 2002-2003 the average per-pupil funding gap was 27%. It rose to 31.4% in 2010-2011, dropped to 20.7% in 2013-2014 before hitting 33% in 2017-2018. The dollar gap was greatest in Camden, N.J. ($19,711) and smallest in Houston, where charters receive about ($417) more than the traditional public schools.
The report also explodes some common myths. Notwithstanding the belief that charters are flush with cash from supporters, traditional public schools have an average advantage of $16 per pupil in private funding. Student demographics don’t explain the funding gap. Detroit’s charters, for example, receive an average 35.3% less than their traditional counterparts—though the charter students have a higher poverty rate and nearly identical proportion of special-ed and English-as-a-second-language learners.
What makes this so frustrating is that the funding gap remained constant despite striking gains in charter performance. A report in June from Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes found that most charters “produce superior student gains despite enrolling a more challenging student population.” Parents know this, which is why charters are attracting more children while traditional public schools are losing them.
The funding formulas haven’t kept up with this reality. The reason is political power. Teachers unions have it, while charter schools don’t. Progressives like to invoke “equity.” Given that charters are public schools every bit as much as union schools, isn’t it time public education brought some equity to its funding?
Opinion | The Inequity of Public School Funding
Charters get about 30% less than their union-run counterparts.
www.brookings.edu
The real difference between charter and other public schools is the idea of elitism. Public schools are intended to provide education to everyone. Charter schools are intended to create distinctions. They're based upon the conceit of superiority - that they and their students are "better" - even if that is more often an illusion.
I think we need more diversity in programs, schooling. I think one size fits all in education is just stupid. But that will take more public school funding, not giving public school funding to private schools, private interests. I could possibly support some limited charter schools, if they have to meet a given set of criteria and be held to it. Overall though, I'd prefer public school funding, money go to public schools, period.
I'm with you entirely. There are really two flavors of "charter schools" - homegrown innovation and outside intervention. The former works, the latter doesn't.
Florida OKs school materials aimed at making students conservatives
Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly says he opposes indoctrination in schools. Yet his administration in early July approved materials from a conservative group that says it’s all about indoctrination and…
Florida is moving to brainwash the youth, force feeding partisan political propaganda to children. It seems the CRT scare was more projection.
Anyone going to defend this?
But you forget she is also a concerned mother who doesn't want her child indoctrinated with bullshit WOKE LGBTQ ideology when the purpose of an education is to prepare children for adulthood.