tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post5222260485882459418..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: Private-school report: Intriguing but flawedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-28382114111204046682013-02-20T07:50:39.856-05:002013-02-20T07:50:39.856-05:00Why are so many people afraid of parents choosing ...Why are so many people afraid of parents choosing where their kid goes to school? If public works for them, that's great! If a smaller private school would help, let them make the option work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-73887262916553373582013-02-20T07:26:40.574-05:002013-02-20T07:26:40.574-05:00Some of the data being wrong doesn’t change that t...Some of the data being wrong doesn’t change that there are private schools which could assist families. It’s high past time this whole “public or private” war ended and the focus for once really becomes about the kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-79129773949588498032013-02-19T23:33:09.942-05:002013-02-19T23:33:09.942-05:00“There’s too much at stake to allow public schools...“There’s too much at stake to allow public schools to become babysitting services for the irresponsible.” This comment is spot on! It should be parents, not administration or public officials, taking responsibility for their kid’s education and future. Let them do the research and decide whether private school is doable and works for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-35357522334711797272013-02-19T23:27:05.668-05:002013-02-19T23:27:05.668-05:00Why such focus on the head of this group rather th...Why such focus on the head of this group rather than looking at the families who could be helped with this type of program and schools being available?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-43234907423122040092013-02-19T20:48:02.854-05:002013-02-19T20:48:02.854-05:00Hello? It's called proofreading.Hello? It's called proofreading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-60281983550723071592013-02-19T20:29:32.601-05:002013-02-19T20:29:32.601-05:00To the poster at 5:32pm:
Strike? I would LOVE IT i...To the poster at 5:32pm:<br />Strike? I would LOVE IT if CMS teachers could strike. Unfortunately we are in a "right to work" state and have NO UNION (despite what some people continue to claim). So, if we strike we can be fired. We have no option to strike, no collective bargaining rights. If we did, when the state decided to freeze our pay for 3 years, we would have had a union to bargain for us. Instead the experience was akin to "bend over, here it comes." There is no teachers' union in NC. There is no teachers' union in NC. There is no teachers' union in NC!!!! <br /><br />Also, I challenge you to spend a week with an elementary school teacher. You will be mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausted. Try it; I dare you. CMSteachernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-43102002001970190382013-02-19T17:32:19.839-05:002013-02-19T17:32:19.839-05:00You might as well be in China if your child goes t...You might as well be in China if your child goes to,or you work for CMeS. They all have about the same amount of rights.<br /><br />And all you elementary teachers moaning about having to work 45 minutes more, here is your solution.<br /><br />Go find another job or STRIKE. Otherwise shut the hell up and do your job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-87924912316457573552013-02-19T15:28:10.701-05:002013-02-19T15:28:10.701-05:00anonymous, you do get to decide where your son goe...anonymous, you do get to decide where your son goes. You decide where you live. my parents made huge sacrifices to live in a good school district. of course, you always have the right to homeschool if you choose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-87894731523513771692013-02-19T14:48:37.669-05:002013-02-19T14:48:37.669-05:00As a mother, I want my son to have all choices mad...As a mother, I want my son to have all choices made available to him, not for it to be PRE-determined because of where I live. Public schools often do a great job teaching students, but it should ME who decides where he goes. Maybe a program like this group talks about could help kids find the teaching style that works for them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-31693301282133777122013-02-19T13:38:20.820-05:002013-02-19T13:38:20.820-05:001:06
You might want to go back and take a second ...1:06<br /><br />You might want to go back and take a second look at PEFNC and wh is the head of it.<br /><br />This same group extolls the virtues of Project LIFT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-22373295264334515652013-02-19T13:06:31.216-05:002013-02-19T13:06:31.216-05:0010:49,
You might want to look at the leadership o...10:49,<br /> You might want to look at the leadership of this organization. It's decidedly on the right with carefully obfuscated bios that declare it's president was a successful community organizer....OMG! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-58883604993425905382013-02-19T10:49:30.635-05:002013-02-19T10:49:30.635-05:00"opportunity scholarships"
Liberal BS ...<b>"opportunity scholarships" </b><br /><br />Liberal BS for free lunch, free pre-K, free AP/IB testing, free sports, free internet access, free health care and now a get out of public education free card.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-54003047649759041252013-02-19T10:47:50.540-05:002013-02-19T10:47:50.540-05:00"I assure you Mrs. Buttle, the ministry is ve..."I assure you Mrs. Buttle, the ministry is very scrupulous about following up and eradicating any error. If you have any complaints which you'd like to make, I'd be more than happy to to send you the appropriate forms." Sam Lowry, <br />Brazil (1985). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-28025171303035979372013-02-19T10:27:45.315-05:002013-02-19T10:27:45.315-05:009:52--There are "self righteous bozos" e...9:52--There are "self righteous bozos" everywhere whose incompetence (which may simply be a lack of fact checking or, more insidiously, an eagerness to publish any data that supports a particular agenda)can damage the credibility of an institution and/or unnecessarily divide a community. In the early 2000s the UNC Chapel Hill Center for Civil Rights in conjunction with a local group published a report meant to be deeply damaging to CMS, intending to show that test scores had dropped across the board once busing ended. The only problem was that test scores showed just the opposite. I happened to catch the error but had a hard time getting the attention of the authors. When they finally acknowledged the error and had to rewrite the report a local reporter told me that "anyone can make a mistake" (although one would think that a center that is part of the UNC Law School would be a stickler for proper research) Too bad this blog didn't exist back then! <br />Sharon Starks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-92038755441415181952013-02-19T09:52:06.936-05:002013-02-19T09:52:06.936-05:00Ann, you are too generous with these self-righteou...Ann, you are too generous with these self-righteous bozos. "Flawed" doesn't begin to describe their shocking incompetence. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-6460602106783304182013-02-19T09:39:32.239-05:002013-02-19T09:39:32.239-05:00Amen 8:54. I've had kids in CMS schools, the...Amen 8:54. I've had kids in CMS schools, they now attend a private school for high school. My kids are so much happier, well rested, involved, academically and athletically successful. It has been great for our family and worth the $.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-58672675574020231942013-02-19T08:54:28.476-05:002013-02-19T08:54:28.476-05:00Private schools don't waste money on multi-mil...Private schools don't waste money on multi-million dollar "cultural competency" gurus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-67132855235385834342013-02-19T07:57:13.211-05:002013-02-19T07:57:13.211-05:00Like it or not, most of the hoi polloi are pretty ...Like it or not, most of the hoi polloi are pretty much stuck with public schools.<br /><br />That's one of the main reasons the public schools need to focus more on the best students.<br /><br />If we don't, then the class divide will become much more serious than it is today.<br /><br />Sure, we have problems with the poor performers and always will, but it is the best students who have the greatest chances of breaking through the most barriers.<br /><br />We do not want to become like Africa where the Chinese are willing to invest, but insist on bringing their own workers because the locals just aren't skilled enough.<br /><br />That could happen. Especially as the most valuable work becomes more intellectually based, rather than skilled or unskilled physical labor.<br /><br />There is too much at stake to allow public schools to become babysitting services for the irresponsible.Shamashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886687970259841873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-17473500723091588432013-02-19T07:42:57.101-05:002013-02-19T07:42:57.101-05:00Great reporting!Great reporting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-16066735984216768462013-02-19T07:11:13.545-05:002013-02-19T07:11:13.545-05:00If this organization truly understood anything abo...If this organization truly understood anything about the educational process from an administrative/organizational standpoint they would instinctively know that the costs they are reporting at the the high school level are inherently wrong. High school programs, even if you ignore infrastructure (physical buildings & facilities or technology) are going to cost more per student than elementary programs because, if you want to have a half way decent high school program you are going to have either more experienced teachers and/or a greater percentage of teachers with advanced degrees, both of which cost more from a compensation perspective. Now mind you, my statement is not intended to ignore that there are many, many elementary and middle school teachers with significant work experience and/or advance degrees in our schools, who are doing a wonderful job with our kids but from my work and experience, typically high school programs have much higher percentages of teachers with longer tenure and masters/doctorate degrees.<br /><br />One other thought/comment. Instead of merely relying on self-reporting of tuition rates at these schools did they attempt at all to find/verify the costs of these private schools on their own, did they even bother to cross reference the information a given school provide to them directly against the school's own website and/or promotional and/or admissions information. From what you've written, my guess is probably not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-79331813069014012532013-02-19T07:10:35.750-05:002013-02-19T07:10:35.750-05:00Thanks Ann,
After writing recommendations fo...Thanks Ann,<br /> After writing recommendations for the last decade for students trying to escape CMS for myriad reasons, especially "I'll get a scholarship", the high school numbers are purely smoke and mirrors. When parents trying to get Jr. or Danica into CCDS, Providence Day, Latin, or other high end schools see the sticker price, shock and awe won't describe how little that voucher will cover. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-40047945046384179222013-02-19T07:09:55.065-05:002013-02-19T07:09:55.065-05:00Good catch Ann.
Public school is by far the best o...Good catch Ann.<br />Public school is by far the best option for all students - if run properly. The problem in CMS is a bunch of ideologues have taken over the school system and imposed an agenda that does not foster the best education. Only because of that are Private schools thriving even though you have to pay extra. There is a reason families are paying extra to get their kids out of CMS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com