[Cincinatus' Wife]

He sent his kid to a good private school.

And so do a lot of teachers and politicans who scream whenever the subject of educational choice is brought up.

[Warrior Nurse]

Where is Joe Clark we need to get him and others of the same mind to bust that union. It is time to hold those that are in charge of the public schools systems around this country accountable.

If the would concentrate on teaching the basics to prepare students for the ACT and SAT and other standardized tests they would not have to rely on affirmative action or other "set aside" programs. If a black or hispanic kid from the ghetto is a National Merit Scholar they don't have to worry about getting into school. It all starts at the primary level.

[Temple Owl]

Re#15

You got that right. Afro moms ought to insist on voting for the GOP candidate.

[Diva]

And so do a lot of teachers and politicans who scream whenever the subject of educational choice is brought up.

This is a very interesting thread. A couple of days ago Cardinal Maida shut down 15 Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese, mostly in the city and what they now refer to as the "ring communities," at least I think that is the term I heard used. The way in which this whole thing was handled was kind of tough. I have been told the principals of these schools were called in on Monday given the news and then first thing Tuesday morning it was headlined in one of the newspapers.

There are now no Catholic Highschools for girls in Detroit. They have to travel pretty far to get to one. At the original meeting with the principals, when asked what these young women were suppose to do Cardinal Maida suggested they go to public school! But, my understanding is they are shutting public schools down as well and that it is becoming very difficult to get an education in Detroit.

Some are thinking of opening Charter schools, I have been told that in Michigan you can have a Catholic Charter school but the state still supplies the money so I'm not so sure how this can be. Perhpas the situation has become bad enough for the voters to go for public funds being used for religious schools. It is a real big problem and has been one in this city for many years. To be fair Cardinal Maida tried repeatedly to get help for the failing Catholic school system in this area.