Comments on: Public Schools Gain From School Choice http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2008/04/13/public-schools-gain-from-school-choice/ REINVENTING THE S.C. SCENE Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:46:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David O http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2008/04/13/public-schools-gain-from-school-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-46678 David O Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:36:40 +0000 http://www.palmettoscoop.com/?p=1756#comment-46678 Why don't we try letting the money follow the student. This works in the rest of the civilized world. If there is funding, private schools will open, even in the cesspool regions of our state . And, as they always do, private schools will have much better outcomes than government schools. Unlike government schools, bad private schools go out of business. Bad government schools just get more money. We homeschool our two oldest children for around $700 per year for their books . Each year they score well above grade level on the Stanford Achievement test. They play well with others, and unlike, “Obesity too”, they can debate an issue without calling names or making personal attacks. Why don’t we try letting the money follow the student. This works in the rest of the civilized world. If there is funding, private schools will open, even in the cesspool regions of our state . And, as they always do, private schools will have much better outcomes than government schools. Unlike government schools, bad private schools go out of business. Bad government schools just get more money.

We homeschool our two oldest children for around $700 per year for their books . Each year they score well above grade level on the Stanford Achievement test. They play well with others, and unlike, “Obesity too”, they can debate an issue without calling names or making personal attacks.

]]> By: j clark http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2008/04/13/public-schools-gain-from-school-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-46656 j clark Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:10:09 +0000 http://www.palmettoscoop.com/?p=1756#comment-46656 Any idea how the private/catholic schools do versus the public? Im confident its better but is there a way to quantify it? Any idea how the private/catholic schools do versus the public? Im confident its better but is there a way to quantify it?

]]> By: Obesity too http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2008/04/13/public-schools-gain-from-school-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-45783 Obesity too Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:39:13 +0000 http://www.palmettoscoop.com/?p=1756#comment-45783 Looks like we lead in obesity too. Guess Randy forgot that ranking or is a typical hypocrite. Agreed, John, and if they have enough money to transport their kids, they should probably move out of the cess pool of the country and get a decent job, wage, healthcare and everything else that comes with a different state. Heck, you can't lose , pick any state of the other 49. Looks like we lead in obesity too. Guess Randy forgot that ranking or is a typical hypocrite.

Agreed, John, and if they have enough money to transport their kids, they should probably move out of the cess pool of the country and get a decent job, wage, healthcare and everything else that comes with a different state. Heck, you can’t lose , pick any state of the other 49.

]]> By: john dozier http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2008/04/13/public-schools-gain-from-school-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-45719 john dozier Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:46:32 +0000 http://www.palmettoscoop.com/?p=1756#comment-45719 This is nothing more than moving the deck chairs on the Titanic. How do poor parents participate in this? How do they transport their children to a "better" school that is twenty miles away? This system benefits only the middle and upper classes. It does nothing to equalize the educational playing field. A cartoon once showed a school desk with a sign "This desk reserved for the children of the rich. Screw the poor." That cartoon appeared some thirty years ago. Still true,unfortunately. The folks in charge of public education do not have a clue as to how to improve the system, and they never will. Throw out the whole system and start over. We could not do worse. This is nothing more than moving the deck chairs on the Titanic. How do poor parents participate in this? How do they transport their children to a “better” school that is twenty miles away? This system benefits only the middle and upper classes. It does nothing to equalize the educational playing field. A cartoon once showed a school desk with a sign “This desk reserved for the children of the rich. Screw the poor.” That cartoon appeared some thirty years ago. Still true,unfortunately. The folks in charge of public education do not have a clue as to how to improve the system, and they never will. Throw out the whole system and start over. We could not do worse.

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