tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post6203645283934953958..comments2023-10-26T06:32:56.972-07:00Comments on Lost in America: "Rising From The Ashes"A Modest Scriblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-14098334672810979422017-08-24T10:26:22.445-07:002017-08-24T10:26:22.445-07:00Not surprised that California is fighting like hel...Not surprised that California is fighting like hell to keep out competition. We also shelled out a lot of money for private schools for our kids. Like to think it is worth it. I would be more than willing to eliminated special interest lobbying, as long as it includes the lawyer associations, teachers unions, other labor unions. Dems won't stand for that though. Gonna be hard to expand private school tax credit support as long as the unions oppose competition.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-58054521575832186612017-08-24T09:54:11.186-07:002017-08-24T09:54:11.186-07:00San Jose school administrators are doing the same ...San Jose school administrators are doing the same thing in trying to stop charter schools from being started and oppose any funding of existing charter schools. Even when the illegals are the ones clamoring for the charter schools! They recognize the superiority of those schools over pubic schools if, for no other reason, the lower teacher/child ratio. My children attend a private christian school and have since kindergarten. It's worth the money to us.TheRandyGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-66683912277459823972017-08-23T08:28:57.123-07:002017-08-23T08:28:57.123-07:00Thanks for the info, Cindi. Guess I erred in not ...Thanks for the info, Cindi. Guess I erred in not being able to delineate between private and charter, but the objective is the same....try to provide an alternative to the monopoly that has done little to educate our kids.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-25331639701594191722017-08-23T07:54:50.836-07:002017-08-23T07:54:50.836-07:00To be clear, charter schools are public schools. T...To be clear, charter schools are public schools. They receive tax dollars, although here in Colorado they only get 80% of the funding that district schools receive. A charter school has freedom from some of the regulations of a district school. They have a board of parents that run the school, but if they don't perform, the district school board can remove their charters. I think that the biggest difference between many district schools and many charter schools is parental involvement. <br />At the charter school that I worked at for a short time, most, but not all of the teachers, were licensed. Parents were also required to put in a certain number of hours volunteering at the school. <br />All five of my grandchildren attended a charter school for at least six years, two of them for all 13 years. From the beginning the focus is/was on education. Cindinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-89999886945517552022017-08-23T04:44:25.843-07:002017-08-23T04:44:25.843-07:00Not sure what you mean, Jerry, about "curricu...Not sure what you mean, Jerry, about "curriculum". We have no religious affiliated schools teaching the bible, or banning evolution. They are teaching the 3 R's and even throwing in science and history....and doing better at graduating literate adults. That's why they are attractive to parents who are seeing their children turning into illiterate zombies in the public schools. I see nothing bad from creating a competitive environment in education. Know what? Those fucking public schools just might get better when their monopoly is over!A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-46299407748960929122017-08-23T04:33:52.783-07:002017-08-23T04:33:52.783-07:00Turkey (the Country) has done the same thing! and ...Turkey (the Country) has done the same thing! and outlawed the teaching of Evolution!<br />Like all things, good and bad can come from this, I would like to see their curriculum. Jerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.com