Posted on 09/08/2008 3:25:57 PM PDT by thehumanlynx
I need some links to some independent studies (not done by teachers unions, or the DOE) done that compare private school students to public school students. Also data that pits our public school students versus other countries students. I remember reading through some of them that indicated poor performance for public school students but I can't seem to find any of them now...
Also, I remember seeing a convoluted little flowchart of what it took to fire a teacher and how much money it cost and time.
I know that the 2nd one is a shot in the dark, I know that some people archive those links. So if anyone has those studies I'd appreciate them.
Sorry I have no links handy but i will pass on a perosnal observation.
I recently completed this summers Vacation Bible School sessions at my Church.
I had 10-25 kids in the groups I dealt with over the course of 10 weeks.
Keep in miond we are talking about Bible vacation School and not camp or a general social gathering.
Now I thought all the kids I dealt with were good and smart kids. But ithin the group I had 2 home schoolers and without a doubt they were more mature, more settled, quicker to answer and be right then the rest of the group which would be Public school kids.
Not a scientific study I understand but it is not the first peroanl experience bewtween public schoolers and home schoolers that I have had and always the home schoolers seen to ME to have the edge.......
I agree with you. The government is not good at doing anything. Schooling included. I’ve read studies that indicate what everyone already knows I just can’t find them.
Also, public teachers can’t get fired except by going through a lengthy bureaucratic process that takes forever.
I do think you are right.
Our private school test scores are much higher than neighboring public schools (even the best public schools.) However, I do think it’s possible that more educated people who care more are more likely to send their kids to private school and therefore their grades are higher.
I do firmly believe that my daughter benefits from her (Catholic) education, but you would need to have a study that compared apples to apples.
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