----- Original Message ----- > Really, and if there isn't a choice between private schools. For example the > vast majority of the private schools receiving vouchers in Cleveland were > religious institutions. To me that still violates the establishment clause. > Additionally secular private schools charge far above what the vouchers pay > for. The rest have to come out of the parents pockets. Some choice. So far > the program seems to be an attempt to publicly subsidize private religious > education.
I say let the parents decide where to send their kids. If they think religion is more important to their kids future career than some other discipline, let them reap what they sow. > Secondly, if private schools were to operate under the exact same rules as > the public schools do, or at the very least in terms of accepting all > children regardless of handicap etc. then their performance would be very > close to public schools. for instance I did an analysis in grad school of > differences between public and private schools in term of academic > performance on the NORC data. When controlling for parental involvement, all > differences between public and private schools disappeared in terms of > academic achievement. In other words it is other factors rather than the > myth that private schools are intrinsically better that account for improved > school performance. That just it! They do not have to operate under the same exact rules. They can even impose entrance tests to keep out the morons. > As for the system being broken, that's another myth that's been foisted on > the public by politicians. While the US in not at the top in k-12, it is > certainly not at the bottom, (those countries without a public school system > seem to be over represented at the bottom of the list). Moreover this > country has made some very notable improvements over the last 20 years. When was the last time you were in a high school? It wasn't too long ago that I was a high school student, and I can tell you, very little actual learning goes on in school these days. jon ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
