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Subject: Re: Let's privatise schools

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m23

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Date Posted: 20:28:40 07/06/02 Sat
In reply to: Astrid 's message, "Re: Let's privatise schools" on 10:56:11 07/06/02 Sat

>But my goal would be to see a diversification of
>schools--I would like to see more alternative schools
>and more innovation in schools. I'd like to see high
>risk kids (either LD or high IQ) getting their needs
>met, rather than learning being tailored to the
>average kid.

This is being done of sorts already in the public sector; My eldest is highachieving/IQ, we chose to put her into an experimental class of sorts this year, which will go district wide next, her needs were met. School at least here in the suburbs are bending back to the GT days which had been out of favor for so long, but now they have reconfigured into "excelleration" and melded classes. So for example dds class had highachieving, average as well as some minor learning disabled kids, the difference however is that she had 2 teachers for a class of 23, so she was able to go off and do research projects with some guidance while the rest of the class was working on the english language arts preparation (state test)

>I think public schools are overly bureaucratic and
>teachers mostly unaccountable (unless they grope or
>molest the kids).

I'm out in the burbs so for the most part if you make a stink, rile a few feathers or "gasp" go public you will get what you want...LOL

>A private school would be private in that they
>wouldn't be guaranteed gov't funds and would have to
>be competitive in quality in order to survive.

This was NYS intent when they started the performance standards, they would penalize those schools which were not performing well, bolster those that needed it. In essence leveling the playing field. Unfortunately, what this has created is statisticians who can make some districts "look" better than they are.

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