Why not just fix the ailing schools ?

kevin1 · 07-19-2006, 07:38 AM

$100M can do more good in the schools themselves

All this sounds like is another form of bussing to me , don't fix the problem , just move the kids . I grew up in Louisville , Kentucky right when they began shuttling kids all over the county in a misguided effort to ensure an equal education . It didn't work then either , and now they want taxpayers to fund this boondoggle knowing full well that $100M will soon become $100B before it's over .

Your thoughts ?

Canuck_Buck · 07-19-2006, 07:47 AM

put the poor kids in private schools at public expense ? hmmmmmm

The idea on paper probably sounds great but these poor kidscould be left wide open to be victims of resentment and culture shock...

Holy cow, bus rides all over hills acres isn't the way to go either, at current fuel prices that 100m would run dry quickly.

I agree Kev, just fix the ailing schools, public money better spent.

buck knife · 07-19-2006, 08:09 AM

What about the kids that are in non poor schools that aren't doing good? There are kids in every school that are behind. some kids just don't learn as fast or at all. If the kid doesn't learn at one school, what make them think they will learn at another?

I agree fix the school itself instead of moving the kids.

Jody A · 07-19-2006, 08:34 AM

phase out public schools

Tazman · 07-19-2006, 08:45 AM

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The Bush administration requested the school-choice plan, but Tuesday's media event caused some awkwardness for the Education Department. The agency just released a study that raises questions about whether private schools offer any advantage over public ones.

The bolded portion of a quote from the article says it all! There are a ton of private schools that do not offer a better education.

badshotbob · 07-19-2006, 09:19 AM

This is crap that'll never go anywhere simply because it goes against the grain of the overall intent to dumb the population down. Think about it - why on one hand can we read everyday where inner-city public schools pass crap such as "no more red pens", or on a national scale recently - downgrading the spelling requirements on tests, then on the other hand they want to take the dumb students to a better school? OK.

Jody A · 07-19-2006, 09:34 AM

Tazman said

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There are a ton of private schools that do not offer a better education

I do not believe that to be the truth. I believe overall private schools are far better, and much more advantageous

kevin1 · 07-19-2006, 10:04 AM

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ORIGINAL: Jody A

Tazman said

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There are a ton of private schools that do not offer a better education

I do not believe that to be the truth. I believe overall private schools are far better, and much more advantageous

That depends largely on the individual schools themselves , there are plenty of inferior private schools . The public schools at least are uniformly substandard ...

Jody A · 07-19-2006, 10:12 AM

kevin1 do you have an example of a private school that is inferior ? I mean, it doesn't make sense to me, that people who have the money to send their kids to private schools would do so with those same schools underperforming.

With private schools come money. With thatmoney comes expectations.Those expectations are met or the money stops coming in when the parents move the kids toother schools.

Private schools work like that, public schools get funding based not on performance, rather because they are in existance.

kevin1 · 07-19-2006, 10:39 AM

Jody , I've met plenty of folks who came from private school educations , by and large they didn't strike me as being any smarter or better prepared for the world . If my boss' kids , who all went to fancy high dollar schools , are any indication of their state then I weep for the future of this country because they're all dumber than a box of rocks . I don't doubt that the private schools in general are slightly better than public schools , but your generalization suggested that they all are . It isn't necessarily the school that breeds success but the students , start with dumb and unmotivated and you'll end up with dumb everytime . Shuffling them from one school to another has historically been a crashing failure too , all it acomplishes is to disrupt the child's education . Your suggestion of phasing out public schools is also rather ludicrous , who will pay for those private schools ?