The overriding thesis of her article is that competition for students will drive improvement in schools. It is not true. Vouchers are a signal that a small minority of Texans do not want to fight to improve schools for all students.
It seems in the authors opinion, Private schools are basically evil, and it is a much better to use keep a proven failing public educational system than consider anything else. So as parents we should support the public schools without question and aspire to be like the shining star such as Houston ISD, where they have not had grade level success in testing for 11 years in a row. There are some great local public schools in smaller areas with extremely dedicated school board members who want to make a difference and many are doing just that because of their unwavering dedication and calling. But one must admit there are other districts where the teachers and administrators run the schools however they want to do it with immunity until TEA steps in and then it is too late for the past students. My opinion is competition is good let's give it a try, see if our children don't excel. Parents should be in charge of their children's education and make whatever decision is best for their children and what they are taught, not teachers with union agenda's to promote CRT and DEI curriculum's.
This feels like giving out tickets to the lifeboats instead of fixing the sinking ship.
After Brown v Board of Education in 1954, conservative legislatures in southern states enacted “segregation vouchers” that provided private school tuition to any white student whose school had been integrated. The result is that those same states now enjoy public schools with the poorest educational outcomes in the nation. In Texas, the bill was HB235_55R. It was defeated, fortunately, in a 36 hour filibuster led by Henry B. Gonzalez, Texas’s first Latino state senator, and Abraham Kazen, the son of Lebanese immigrants.
So, I think it’s not unreasonable to be suspicious when modern conservatives seek to provide private vouchers for students while simultaneously censoring what can be taught about our nation’s racial history, and decrying the scholarly study of racism and its effects on our society.
The claim of proponents is that school vouchers will improve education for ALL students. It certainly didn't work out that way in the Old South.
The ultimate goal of SCHOOL vouchers is the education of children, NOT segregation. Some parents feel public education is right for their children, some do not. If they can afford it, they would prefer sending their children to private schools where they can learn.
Joe Biden attended Archmere Academy - a PRIVATE Catholic school
Donald Trump attended New York Military Academy -a PRIVATE school
Barack Obama attended Punahou School -a PRIVATE school
GW Bush attended Phillips Academy -a PRIVATE school
William Jefferson Clinton (nee Blythe III) attended Hot Springs High School - a PUBLIC MAGNET school
GHW Bush attended Phillips Academy- a PRIVATE school
Ronald Reagan attended Dixon High School -a PUBLIC School
James Earl Carter attended Plains High School -a PUBLIC school
I agree completely in the concept of school choice, the issue is whether or not public funds should accompany the student. In the Presidential examples you present, how many of those that attended private schools had public funds subsidize their tuition? Trump and the Bushes came from families of means able to pay the tuitions an exclusive private, residential schools. I don’t know the specifics of Biden and Obama except that I assume that the they were scholarshipped or otherwise privately subsidized as they didn’t come from wealthy families.
And that’s my point, I am all for private schools supported by private money. And if the private donors wish to increase the economic diversity of the student body through scholarships, that’s wonderful. But public money should remain with the public schools.
"how many of those that attended private schools had public funds subsidize their tuition?" Probably NONE... and that is my point. In these modern times if you do not attend a private high school you might as well kiss any aspirations of being a president GOODBYE. Last public high school attendee was Clinton who was elected 27 years ago. Private schools are now only for the ELITE who can afford it and that's the way the ANTI-VOUCHER types want it.
An interesting study on which US Senators attended PRIVATE school.
Letters like this always elicit opinions, but very little actionable data. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 15 states currently offer vouchers for private schools. There should be data available for these states.
It's easy for private schools to excel since they can cherry-pick their students. The claim by proponents is that private school vouchers improve public schools by forcing them to compete in a free market.
I would be interested if anyone has statistics that show the effects private school vouchers have had on public schools in the 15 states that have them.
I would suggest to Mr. Willis that he read a book by John Taylor Gatto titled, The Underground History of American Education. The most eye opening book I have ever read. You will discover the real reason compulsory schooling was created in the first place.
Or the GCDN could change their rules so I could POST the link, Scoggin. The length exceeds GCDN rules, too. But some I supposed don't want to see the truth and would rather dwell in darkness.....[innocent]
In a statement Sunday night, "Abbott said he would call a special session and veto the bill if lawmakers don't widen the scope for more people to apply to the voucher program."
If we end up with vouchers, how many students will leave the ISD's.?
Because Abbott and Costello would rather focus on divisive cultural issues such as this, transgender people, and restricting college professors they don't like than solving the issues of property taxes and actually governing.
This is another one of those inane Carlos statements, “So (whomever) thinks/believes/prefers (some non-sequitur).”
In this case I care for all people. The ability to produce grandchildren should be irrelevant. I once would have assumed you were smart enough to know that but now I’m not so sure. And for what it’s worth, many of those people who can’t have their own biological children are the prospective adoptee parents for many of the babies which will now be born because of a lack of abortion access. Or should only fertile couples be allowed to adopt?
I pity you and the other self proclaimed but mis-guided “Christians” that love to hate on those unlike you. You are missing out on the real joy that comes from following Christ.
I wish I had grandchildren but do not. Happily for us, the reason for that lack is not at all what it has been for Mr. Scoggin--who deserves sympathy and respect from all of us.
I do not want my tax dollars going to private schools period. I personally donate to a private school because I want to, but that’s my choice.
Here’s an idea. How about I get a Voucher for my county taxes to give to a private vendor, like Service Master or Aramark, that can patrol my streets and clean my ditches.
I suppose that Mr. Tillis understands the concept "that for every study, there is an equal and opposite study"; maybe not.
Our children grew up as "Military Brats" and attended DOD, Public and Private Schools across this nation.
Do you know what makes a good education possible..good, responsible, parents. Don't give me that malarchy about teachers are all certified and that makes them qualified. Just like all school systems are different, so are the qualities of all teachers. As in any industry, there are motivated teachers and there are slackers.
In my opinion, private schools offer a better quality of education; one reason being that the parents can hold the teachers more accountable.
Allow parents to chose the learning situation that most suits their own children and YES, all children are not the same.
Amen! Amen! Ms Dean! You said a mouthful! I can remember back when the books I was issued had names of other students who attend schools for WHITE ONLY kids! written in them! Lolo I can remember when the football shoes I wore had a LaMarque Tiger player's name written on the.tongue. All public schools equal? When? When that start happening. BS! I don't want to hear it! Let the parents determine what's best for their children!
If all schools or school ISD(S) are equal then what happened to LMISD? Why is the state taking over HOUSTON ISD? Ohhhh somebody please talk to meeeee! I'm talking good here now! Schools like Municipalities usually are as good as the people governing them ....serving on Citiy Commissions or School Boards!
I remember when a particular district was ranked as one of the best in Texas when they had Board Members like BOWIE, LARKHEART, PRATT, & Parker serving but......they left and .........well, ..ahhh let me just say I think a Voucher System will get the students in places where they can learn how to read, write, do math, and NOT have to learn how to gender change, CRT, talk about SLAVES excessively, or learn the finite ways a DRAG QUEEN can shake their hairy [censored]! [beam]
For all those bloviating in the article and comments' , I say look to the historical results recorded in the past 80 years and you will find evidence on which to rely as conclusive.
I refer y'all to example, Galveston, in the era before and during the incubation period of the "progressive liberal's" usurping authority over Health, Education and Welfare by the federal (lyndon johnson's) "great society" pollution.
1940 till 1970 the education of Galveston k-12 was done under local administration.
There were public schools and private schools working in tandem to teach the "3 r's" and ancillary - languages - history - civic - home-economy - shop and PHYSCAL EDUCATION. These school administered discipline, truancy, strict evaluation on progress, using punishments of detention or expelling. And the results are recorded in the annals of education efficiency.
Note! There were 7 private schools that educated approximately 30 percent of the population. With the "great society" impact all thos 7 private schools (Ursuline, Dominican, Kirwin, St Patrick's, Sacred Heart, St. Mary's, St. Peters) have vanished. The results of quality of education has steadily declined. And the current ISD's are being declared defunct.
Therefore the "great society" has been a failure and it is time to abolish federal authority and allow those student and their guardians to be responsible to seek out the facility that best meets their decision of a best place for them. Give the allocated money to that establishment they select.
Education worked then, it is a failure now and 50 years of tweaking has achieve nothing but more squabbling.
Radical change in education and demise of federal control might save not only education but also Make America Great Again.
Several will consider getting back is silly and impossible, but the indisputable fact it was better then is indisputable. For the racist I submit that Central and Lincoln produced a quality of educated citizens that were comparable to any that were produced elsewhere., then.
Joe Cool and his pals ( The WOKE ) are systematically putting those minorities who are to afraid to open their eyes, and lift their heads .......back in the chains which their ancestors were emancipated from at end of the great war!
The chains they are using on minorities of today are not made from metal, but they are made of gross lies, deceptions, mental controls, ghetto neighborhoods full of crime & criminals, food stamps, [censored] poor education, & schools, menial job opportunities, and the cherry on top of it all now is the fake promise of REPARATIONS!
If they run their games successfully on African-Americans the results will be equivalent to buying and selling them the way they did it back on the SLAVE BLOCKS AND AUCTIONS years ago! Dolph Tillotson is no racist! Want to know why? I will tell you why! If he was I would have charged him with it way long time ago, because I.can spot a Racist, BLACK, WHITE, BLUE, OR POLKA-DOT A MILE OFF!
" THEY GONNA PUT YALL BACK IN CHAINS!" " IF YALL DONT VOTE FOR ME ..YALL AINT BLACK!"
African-Americans are "Monalitic." " Intergration & busing will.create ^JUNGLE NEIGHBORHOODS!" The man who spoke those words is a.racist of the highest order and.if you voted for him I'm sorry I cannot be sorry for you! Naww Tillotson is like me ..HARD NOSED,...WHO TELLS IT LIKE IT IS!!!
COOL is the.racist! Lololo he wanted to use race to discipline the Border Patrol for Whupping UP on Haiti Illegals at the border not long ago! An investigation proved nothing! The man is pitiful! He has.done more damage to this nation in two years.than all other Presidents have done in the history of this nation! China won't even talk to him now, because he is so treacherous he disgusts them to even talk to him now.that they have bought his whole family!
Mr. Willis writes, "Private schools will create environments that parents like but students will not learn." This statement is false and could not be further from the truth. Why make a statement such as that? My child is a direct recipient of a private school education located on the island and she received a phenomenal education at her school. Too bad the school stops at the eighth grade, or she would be enrolled there for high school. Coming from a parent who withdrew her high school student from Ball High for fear she may get shot, I would say Mr. Willis is wrong in his assessment about private schools.
Cindi, your statement about withdrawing your child from Public school because of your fear of them being shot is not fair. You live in Texas where the gun culture has now normalized this expectation. Talk to you state representatives to get the gun laws changed before blaming the public school itself for this. Just so you remember, a private school in Tennessee had a mass shooting just recently. The current gun culture created this phenomenon. Oh and good luck with you call to your state official. Let us all know how that goes.
What normalizes the behavior and expectations are when consequences are not given to students who continue to break the rules. You have 5 - 6 loaded guns on campus brought in by students and finally the last student pays the price of expulsion and then metal detectors are installed. Every single student who brings a weapon onto campus should have harsh consequences given to them. For the record, I don't advocate for gun laws to be changed.
And for the record, Ball High School had another gun on campus TODAY that wasn't brought in by a law abiding student. In my culture, law abiding students do not bring weapons onto campus.
In the High school I attended in the early 70s, students would bring rifles and keep them in their car trunks or truck gun racks in the parking lot. The principal kept a gun in his office. The difference then and now is that students had DADS who taught them about gun safety and good marksmanship. Today that is a rarity. The name of my high school.... Santa Fe in Galveston County.
Fix the family and that will fix a myriad of problems.
They can use public school, private schools, home schooling, etc.
It all comes down to one thing, MONEY, namely tax payers money.
We can see if a public school is doing well or poorly because they have reporting requirements. Private schools will have no reporting requirements. We will not be able to verify our tax dollars are being well spent.
I have a relative that has worked in a private school. They have seen parents buy grades for their kids. I personally have seen a non-religious private school spend well over $10000 on a wedding to marry two goats. It was a publicity stunt, so the owner could get good press. If a public school did this most people would be outraged.
All schools can do a good job of educating students. If our tax dollars are used to fund any school, we the people must be able to hold them accountable.
Accountability is measured in the success rate of alumni in post-graduation career or college readiness. A good private school keeps track of former students. When selecting a private school for your child, ASK.
If I choose to send my child to a private school, I will do my research like you suggest. You are missing my point. If my tax dollars are being sent to a couple in Amarillo to send their child to a private school, how will I know if they are successful at educating students. There is no requirement to report which school is receiving my tax dollars. There is no requirement for private schools to report their successes or failures.
By your logic, then every tax payer should contact every private school to find out how their taxes dollars are spent. Can you imagine the labor cost for each private school to respond to every inquiry? If they were required to report like public schools that would make things easier all around.
I thought conservatives were for fiscal responsibility and accountability. This school choice bill lacks both.
If my tax dollars are being sent to a child attending a PUBLIC school, how will I know if they are successful at educating students? Parents will hold these schools public and private accountable. Remember the declining enrollment of LMISD? If a private school shows such a decline you will know something is off.
If you want to know how well a public school is doing, you can access data that the State Government and each ISD has and are required to report. The data is publicly available because public funds are used for public school to operate. Private schools will not have that requirement. Their data will remain a mystery to the public who funds them if this bill passes.
I never submitted false data or any data, Ted. It is not possible for a teacher to submit data. PEIMS clerks, counselors, principals and other administrative staff are responsible for submitting data. Teachers administer the tests and then turn them over to the administration. But your ignorance seems to be Ted Gillis norm.
"Those state reports are not accurate because of teachers like Carlos who submit false data to make themselves look better". What kind of a statement is that? Do you have validated documentation to prove this? Seems like, Mr. Gillis, you just can't keep with Mr. Ponce's knowledge! I am going to guess that you also believe that the "media" and Biden tell the truth. "Good Grief"...the moon is also made of blue cheese!
No Carol, it’s not like that all. In fact the only I enjoy more in this world, other than Carlos’s knowledge of all things obscure, is my ability to to tap dance on top of his head.
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Thank you for that excellent article.
What we read from Willis is, "Don't try vouchers because they might work!"
It seems in the authors opinion, Private schools are basically evil, and it is a much better to use keep a proven failing public educational system than consider anything else. So as parents we should support the public schools without question and aspire to be like the shining star such as Houston ISD, where they have not had grade level success in testing for 11 years in a row. There are some great local public schools in smaller areas with extremely dedicated school board members who want to make a difference and many are doing just that because of their unwavering dedication and calling. But one must admit there are other districts where the teachers and administrators run the schools however they want to do it with immunity until TEA steps in and then it is too late for the past students. My opinion is competition is good let's give it a try, see if our children don't excel. Parents should be in charge of their children's education and make whatever decision is best for their children and what they are taught, not teachers with union agenda's to promote CRT and DEI curriculum's.
Dr. Joe
Well said, Mr. Willis.
This feels like giving out tickets to the lifeboats instead of fixing the sinking ship.
After Brown v Board of Education in 1954, conservative legislatures in southern states enacted “segregation vouchers” that provided private school tuition to any white student whose school had been integrated. The result is that those same states now enjoy public schools with the poorest educational outcomes in the nation. In Texas, the bill was HB235_55R. It was defeated, fortunately, in a 36 hour filibuster led by Henry B. Gonzalez, Texas’s first Latino state senator, and Abraham Kazen, the son of Lebanese immigrants.
So, I think it’s not unreasonable to be suspicious when modern conservatives seek to provide private vouchers for students while simultaneously censoring what can be taught about our nation’s racial history, and decrying the scholarly study of racism and its effects on our society.
The claim of proponents is that school vouchers will improve education for ALL students. It certainly didn't work out that way in the Old South.
The ultimate goal of SCHOOL vouchers is the education of children, NOT segregation. Some parents feel public education is right for their children, some do not. If they can afford it, they would prefer sending their children to private schools where they can learn.
Joe Biden attended Archmere Academy - a PRIVATE Catholic school
Donald Trump attended New York Military Academy -a PRIVATE school
Barack Obama attended Punahou School -a PRIVATE school
GW Bush attended Phillips Academy -a PRIVATE school
William Jefferson Clinton (nee Blythe III) attended Hot Springs High School - a PUBLIC MAGNET school
GHW Bush attended Phillips Academy- a PRIVATE school
Ronald Reagan attended Dixon High School -a PUBLIC School
James Earl Carter attended Plains High School -a PUBLIC school
I agree completely in the concept of school choice, the issue is whether or not public funds should accompany the student. In the Presidential examples you present, how many of those that attended private schools had public funds subsidize their tuition? Trump and the Bushes came from families of means able to pay the tuitions an exclusive private, residential schools. I don’t know the specifics of Biden and Obama except that I assume that the they were scholarshipped or otherwise privately subsidized as they didn’t come from wealthy families.
And that’s my point, I am all for private schools supported by private money. And if the private donors wish to increase the economic diversity of the student body through scholarships, that’s wonderful. But public money should remain with the public schools.
"how many of those that attended private schools had public funds subsidize their tuition?" Probably NONE... and that is my point. In these modern times if you do not attend a private high school you might as well kiss any aspirations of being a president GOODBYE. Last public high school attendee was Clinton who was elected 27 years ago. Private schools are now only for the ELITE who can afford it and that's the way the ANTI-VOUCHER types want it.
An interesting study on which US Senators attended PRIVATE school.
Well said Gary
Letters like this always elicit opinions, but very little actionable data. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 15 states currently offer vouchers for private schools. There should be data available for these states.
It's easy for private schools to excel since they can cherry-pick their students. The claim by proponents is that private school vouchers improve public schools by forcing them to compete in a free market.
I would be interested if anyone has statistics that show the effects private school vouchers have had on public schools in the 15 states that have them.
Thank you, Mr. Willis, for setting the record straight regarding public schools and private schools.
Turski, it's not a "record" it's just an opinion - one with serious one-sided flaws.
Carlos, that is your opinion - one with serious one-sided flaws.
No flaws.
I would suggest to Mr. Willis that he read a book by John Taylor Gatto titled, The Underground History of American Education. The most eye opening book I have ever read. You will discover the real reason compulsory schooling was created in the first place.
Shawn, can you share with us the “real reason”?
Scoggin, you can type the book title into a search engine and read a summary of the book or you can purchase the paperback through Amazon ($15.49) .
Or you or Shawn could have done it for us and saved a bunch of people the trouble.
Or the GCDN could change their rules so I could POST the link, Scoggin. The length exceeds GCDN rules, too. But some I supposed don't want to see the truth and would rather dwell in darkness.....[innocent]
In a statement Sunday night, "Abbott said he would call a special session and veto the bill if lawmakers don't widen the scope for more people to apply to the voucher program."
If we end up with vouchers, how many students will leave the ISD's.?
Because Abbott and Costello would rather focus on divisive cultural issues such as this, transgender people, and restricting college professors they don't like than solving the issues of property taxes and actually governing.
So, Scoggin prefers eunuchs instead of sons and daughters that will produce grandchildren. [rolleyes]
This is another one of those inane Carlos statements, “So (whomever) thinks/believes/prefers (some non-sequitur).”
In this case I care for all people. The ability to produce grandchildren should be irrelevant. I once would have assumed you were smart enough to know that but now I’m not so sure. And for what it’s worth, many of those people who can’t have their own biological children are the prospective adoptee parents for many of the babies which will now be born because of a lack of abortion access. Or should only fertile couples be allowed to adopt?
I pity you and the other self proclaimed but mis-guided “Christians” that love to hate on those unlike you. You are missing out on the real joy that comes from following Christ.
I wonder if Scoggin has grandchildren....
Carlos, if you knew anything about me or my family, you would know how inappropriate that question is.
From your posts......[scared]
Carlos, our only son suddenly passed away before he had the opportunity to have children. So no grandchildren, sadly.
Your posts are a reflection of your soul.
I have no idea what that means in this context but I’ll take it as a compliment. And an apology.
I wish I had grandchildren but do not. Happily for us, the reason for that lack is not at all what it has been for Mr. Scoggin--who deserves sympathy and respect from all of us.
I do not want my tax dollars going to private schools period. I personally donate to a private school because I want to, but that’s my choice.
Here’s an idea. How about I get a Voucher for my county taxes to give to a private vendor, like Service Master or Aramark, that can patrol my streets and clean my ditches.
I suppose that Mr. Tillis understands the concept "that for every study, there is an equal and opposite study"; maybe not.
Our children grew up as "Military Brats" and attended DOD, Public and Private Schools across this nation.
Do you know what makes a good education possible..good, responsible, parents. Don't give me that malarchy about teachers are all certified and that makes them qualified. Just like all school systems are different, so are the qualities of all teachers. As in any industry, there are motivated teachers and there are slackers.
In my opinion, private schools offer a better quality of education; one reason being that the parents can hold the teachers more accountable.
Allow parents to chose the learning situation that most suits their own children and YES, all children are not the same.
Amen! Amen! Ms Dean! You said a mouthful! I can remember back when the books I was issued had names of other students who attend schools for WHITE ONLY kids! written in them! Lolo I can remember when the football shoes I wore had a LaMarque Tiger player's name written on the.tongue. All public schools equal? When? When that start happening. BS! I don't want to hear it! Let the parents determine what's best for their children!
If all schools or school ISD(S) are equal then what happened to LMISD? Why is the state taking over HOUSTON ISD? Ohhhh somebody please talk to meeeee! I'm talking good here now! Schools like Municipalities usually are as good as the people governing them ....serving on Citiy Commissions or School Boards!
I remember when a particular district was ranked as one of the best in Texas when they had Board Members like BOWIE, LARKHEART, PRATT, & Parker serving but......they left and .........well, ..ahhh let me just say I think a Voucher System will get the students in places where they can learn how to read, write, do math, and NOT have to learn how to gender change, CRT, talk about SLAVES excessively, or learn the finite ways a DRAG QUEEN can shake their hairy [censored]! [beam]
For all those bloviating in the article and comments' , I say look to the historical results recorded in the past 80 years and you will find evidence on which to rely as conclusive.
I refer y'all to example, Galveston, in the era before and during the incubation period of the "progressive liberal's" usurping authority over Health, Education and Welfare by the federal (lyndon johnson's) "great society" pollution.
1940 till 1970 the education of Galveston k-12 was done under local administration.
There were public schools and private schools working in tandem to teach the "3 r's" and ancillary - languages - history - civic - home-economy - shop and PHYSCAL EDUCATION. These school administered discipline, truancy, strict evaluation on progress, using punishments of detention or expelling. And the results are recorded in the annals of education efficiency.
Note! There were 7 private schools that educated approximately 30 percent of the population. With the "great society" impact all thos 7 private schools (Ursuline, Dominican, Kirwin, St Patrick's, Sacred Heart, St. Mary's, St. Peters) have vanished. The results of quality of education has steadily declined. And the current ISD's are being declared defunct.
Therefore the "great society" has been a failure and it is time to abolish federal authority and allow those student and their guardians to be responsible to seek out the facility that best meets their decision of a best place for them. Give the allocated money to that establishment they select.
Education worked then, it is a failure now and 50 years of tweaking has achieve nothing but more squabbling.
Radical change in education and demise of federal control might save not only education but also Make America Great Again.
Several will consider getting back is silly and impossible, but the indisputable fact it was better then is indisputable. For the racist I submit that Central and Lincoln produced a quality of educated citizens that were comparable to any that were produced elsewhere., then.
Joe Cool and his pals ( The WOKE ) are systematically putting those minorities who are to afraid to open their eyes, and lift their heads .......back in the chains which their ancestors were emancipated from at end of the great war!
The chains they are using on minorities of today are not made from metal, but they are made of gross lies, deceptions, mental controls, ghetto neighborhoods full of crime & criminals, food stamps, [censored] poor education, & schools, menial job opportunities, and the cherry on top of it all now is the fake promise of REPARATIONS!
If they run their games successfully on African-Americans the results will be equivalent to buying and selling them the way they did it back on the SLAVE BLOCKS AND AUCTIONS years ago! Dolph Tillotson is no racist! Want to know why? I will tell you why! If he was I would have charged him with it way long time ago, because I.can spot a Racist, BLACK, WHITE, BLUE, OR POLKA-DOT A MILE OFF!
" THEY GONNA PUT YALL BACK IN CHAINS!" " IF YALL DONT VOTE FOR ME ..YALL AINT BLACK!"
African-Americans are "Monalitic." " Intergration & busing will.create ^JUNGLE NEIGHBORHOODS!" The man who spoke those words is a.racist of the highest order and.if you voted for him I'm sorry I cannot be sorry for you! Naww Tillotson is like me ..HARD NOSED,...WHO TELLS IT LIKE IT IS!!!
COOL is the.racist! Lololo he wanted to use race to discipline the Border Patrol for Whupping UP on Haiti Illegals at the border not long ago! An investigation proved nothing! The man is pitiful! He has.done more damage to this nation in two years.than all other Presidents have done in the history of this nation! China won't even talk to him now, because he is so treacherous he disgusts them to even talk to him now.that they have bought his whole family!
Spot on Mr. Douglas!
Let's not forget about the made up, bade dude JoeyB called "CornPop!" Cool is definitely the racist!
Mr. Willis writes, "Private schools will create environments that parents like but students will not learn." This statement is false and could not be further from the truth. Why make a statement such as that? My child is a direct recipient of a private school education located on the island and she received a phenomenal education at her school. Too bad the school stops at the eighth grade, or she would be enrolled there for high school. Coming from a parent who withdrew her high school student from Ball High for fear she may get shot, I would say Mr. Willis is wrong in his assessment about private schools.
Cindi, your statement about withdrawing your child from Public school because of your fear of them being shot is not fair. You live in Texas where the gun culture has now normalized this expectation. Talk to you state representatives to get the gun laws changed before blaming the public school itself for this. Just so you remember, a private school in Tennessee had a mass shooting just recently. The current gun culture created this phenomenon. Oh and good luck with you call to your state official. Let us all know how that goes.
What normalizes the behavior and expectations are when consequences are not given to students who continue to break the rules. You have 5 - 6 loaded guns on campus brought in by students and finally the last student pays the price of expulsion and then metal detectors are installed. Every single student who brings a weapon onto campus should have harsh consequences given to them. For the record, I don't advocate for gun laws to be changed.
And for the record, Ball High School had another gun on campus TODAY that wasn't brought in by a law abiding student. In my culture, law abiding students do not bring weapons onto campus.
In the High school I attended in the early 70s, students would bring rifles and keep them in their car trunks or truck gun racks in the parking lot. The principal kept a gun in his office. The difference then and now is that students had DADS who taught them about gun safety and good marksmanship. Today that is a rarity. The name of my high school.... Santa Fe in Galveston County.
Fix the family and that will fix a myriad of problems.
Parents currently have school choice.
They can use public school, private schools, home schooling, etc.
It all comes down to one thing, MONEY, namely tax payers money.
We can see if a public school is doing well or poorly because they have reporting requirements. Private schools will have no reporting requirements. We will not be able to verify our tax dollars are being well spent.
I have a relative that has worked in a private school. They have seen parents buy grades for their kids. I personally have seen a non-religious private school spend well over $10000 on a wedding to marry two goats. It was a publicity stunt, so the owner could get good press. If a public school did this most people would be outraged.
All schools can do a good job of educating students. If our tax dollars are used to fund any school, we the people must be able to hold them accountable.
Accountability is measured in the success rate of alumni in post-graduation career or college readiness. A good private school keeps track of former students. When selecting a private school for your child, ASK.
If I choose to send my child to a private school, I will do my research like you suggest. You are missing my point. If my tax dollars are being sent to a couple in Amarillo to send their child to a private school, how will I know if they are successful at educating students. There is no requirement to report which school is receiving my tax dollars. There is no requirement for private schools to report their successes or failures.
By your logic, then every tax payer should contact every private school to find out how their taxes dollars are spent. Can you imagine the labor cost for each private school to respond to every inquiry? If they were required to report like public schools that would make things easier all around.
I thought conservatives were for fiscal responsibility and accountability. This school choice bill lacks both.
If my tax dollars are being sent to a child attending a PUBLIC school, how will I know if they are successful at educating students? Parents will hold these schools public and private accountable. Remember the declining enrollment of LMISD? If a private school shows such a decline you will know something is off.
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If you want to know how well a public school is doing, you can access data that the State Government and each ISD has and are required to report. The data is publicly available because public funds are used for public school to operate. Private schools will not have that requirement. Their data will remain a mystery to the public who funds them if this bill passes.
I was a public school teacher for 32 years . Those state reports do not tell the whole story......
Those state reports are not accurate because of teachers like Carlos who submit false data to the state to make themselves look better.
I never submitted false data or any data, Ted. It is not possible for a teacher to submit data. PEIMS clerks, counselors, principals and other administrative staff are responsible for submitting data. Teachers administer the tests and then turn them over to the administration. But your ignorance seems to be Ted Gillis norm.
"Those state reports are not accurate because of teachers like Carlos who submit false data to make themselves look better". What kind of a statement is that? Do you have validated documentation to prove this? Seems like, Mr. Gillis, you just can't keep with Mr. Ponce's knowledge! I am going to guess that you also believe that the "media" and Biden tell the truth. "Good Grief"...the moon is also made of blue cheese!
No Carol, it’s not like that all. In fact the only I enjoy more in this world, other than Carlos’s knowledge of all things obscure, is my ability to to tap dance on top of his head.
Give it up, Ted. You are going nowhere, fast!
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