I attended Little Rock public schools in the 1950's when they were
recognized nationally as an excellent system.  Today I would not allow any
children I had to even pay on the playground of the elementary school I
attended for fear of contamination.

On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote:

> I will say that in the 60s and early 70s, when I went to Catholic school,
> we were more advanced than the Public Schools ... we moved after 8th grade
> and I went to Public school for High School and was more advanced in most
> subjects than my new peers ... I have been told that the trend has reversed
> and the Public schools are better than Catholic, these days, but I have now
> way of proving or disproving it!!!!
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 1:21 PM, plainolamerican <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The Catholic schools are far superior to public schools
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>>
>> LANSING -- Sending children to Catholic school instead of public schools
>> appears to have no benefits for student performance by eighth grade,
>> according to a new study from a Michigan State University economist.
>>
>> "Across many outcomes, both academic and behavioral, we don't find
>> anything that seems to point to a real benefit of Catholic schools over
>> public schools," Todd Elder, MSU associate professor of economics, said
>> about his research
>> <http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2013/study-gives-catholic-schools-poor-marks/>published
>> in the Journal of Urban Economics.
>>
>> Elder's findings are based on test scores for students in kindergarten
>> through eighth grade, and show that the more than two million students in
>> Catholic schools across the nation do not perform better than their public
>> school counterparts.
>>
>> The results show that Catholic school students did not show a measurable
>> increase in reading scores compared to public school students in the test
>> group, and math scores dropped for Catholic students while scores for
>> public students increased.
>>
>> The study analyzed data on about 7,000 students who participated in the
>> Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Kindergarten Class of 1998-99,
>> according to an MSU news release. The students were tested in kindergarten
>> and first, third, fifth and eighth grades to gauge their performance.
>>
>> Elder said the findings could be attributed to kindergarten students
>> entering Catholic school being more prepared than their public
>> counterparts, and lower salaries for Catholic school teachers could be to
>> blame for the lower performance.
>>
>> "Some people say Catholic schools are doing more with less," Elder said
>> in the release. "But these findings suggest they're not doing more with
>> less -- that they may, in fact, be doing less with less."
>>
>> The study also examined behavior issues and attendance rates and found
>> "no significant benefit" to enrolling students in Catholic schools, Elder
>> said.
>>
>> On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 11:53:01 AM UTC-6, Bill wrote:
>>>
>>> What is this man doing? Calling for the shut down of the best school
>>> system in the USA. The Catholic schools are far superior to public schools
>>> and this man should know that. He is trying to dumb down America and does
>>> all that he can to weaken this country and Western Civilization. Can not
>>> think of one thing he has done to strengthen America and Hillary is on the
>>> same page with him.
>>>
>>> In a message dated 11/30/2015 8:56:57 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>>> [email protected] writes:
>>>
>>> The Catholic School I went to closed, last class only had 8 kids ...
>>> less people are going to church as the US becomes more secular!!!
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Obama Calls for an End to Catholic Schools*
>>>>
>>>> Posted on November 30, 2015
>>>> <http://visiontoamerica.com/24879/video-obama-calls-for-an-end-to-catholic-schools/>
>>>> by V2A <http://visiontoamerica.com/author/kent/>
>>>>
>>>> This was part of his official prepared remarks which are now available
>>>> on the White House website:
>>>>
>>>> “…Because issues like segregated schools and housing, lack of jobs and
>>>> opportunity — symbols of history that are a source of pride for some and
>>>> pain for others — these are not tangential to peace; they’re essential to
>>>> it. If towns remain divided — if Catholics have their schools and
>>>> buildings, and Protestants have theirs — if we can’t see ourselves in one
>>>> another, if fear or resentment are allowed to harden, that encourages
>>>> division. It discourages cooperation.”
>>>>
>>>> I would argue this is actually even worse than it seems at first glance.
>>>>
>>>> After all, under Obama we have seen the rise of a toxic government
>>>> culture where unelected bureaucrats feel enabled to target and harass
>>>> American citizens whose political views differ from their own.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Read more at
>>>> http://visiontoamerica.com/24879/video-obama-calls-for-an-end-to-catholic-schools/#2xuHMG8VBDocaOd6.99
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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