These schools never publish how many of their kids are receiving tutoring ( paid and/or unpaid), pre-schooling ( paid and/or unpaid), and **tons*** of “after-schooling” help ( paid and/or unpaid).
When test score are high, government schools claim all the credit for the hard work done IN THE HOME by the parents and kids.
When test scores are low government school blame the parents ( of couse!)
When test scores are low enough, government schools lower the standards and proclaim themselves a high scoring school!
Wow! What a scam!
Finally....It is my anecdotal observation that academically successful students ( both home and institutionalized) do the **same** amount of work and spend the **same** amount of time working IN THE HOME at the kitchen table.
So?....if both academically successful homeschoolers and successfully schooled institutionalized children are studying just as much IN THE HOME, then maybe the institutional school is playing no part whatsoever in a child's education!
Maybe, just maybe, we spend up to $30,000/year/child and the only thing government schools do is send a very expensive curriculum home to be followed IN THE HOME! If true, what a waste of both money and the child's life!
These schools never publish how many of their kids are receiving tutoring ( paid and/or unpaid), pre-schooling ( paid and/or unpaid), and **tons*** of “after-schooling” help ( paid and/or unpaid).
When test score are high, government schools claim all the credit for the hard work done IN THE HOME by the parents and kids.
When test scores are low government school blame the parents ( of couse!)
When test scores are low enough, government schools lower the standards and proclaim themselves a high scoring school!
EXACTLY, plus teachers throw scores out to bump up the kids scores.
Today on the BBC it was stated that even Vietnam is now rated as a better education system than here.
I remember when people went to college based on their high grades in high school, now anyone can go to college providing you take a placement test and even if you get a really low scores you can take classes and be admitted.
This is why a BA has become a joke as well as college.
Several years ago the FCPS Board “dealt” with issues at “failing”
South Lakes High (much lower testing performance relative to the rest of the county, alleged gang and drug problems) by going through the neighboring Oakton High and Chantilly High zones, identifying the homes/pockets of high performing students and gerrymandering them into the South Lakes zone.
Board got really ticked when parents of a lot of the designated kids threatened to undercut the effort and put their children into local Catholic schools.
The issue quickly disappeared off the media’s radar, can’t remember what actually happened.