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What should I do if I'm being forced to go to a Christian School?
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RE: What should I do if I'm being forced to go to a Christian School?
(June 7, 2016 at 7:40 pm)Cecelia Wrote: You were however saying that Private School teachers were 'by and large better at their craft'. I very much disagree.

And I disagree that private schools are a better educational opportunity. When accounting for demographics, it's been shown that public schools actually outperform private schools. I know it's an accepted truth that our public schools are 'failing', but they really aren't. Our nations schools really aren't poor. Drop out rates are going down, graduation rates are going up, the percentage of people attending college is going up, test scores are going up. If there is a failing, it's in addressing childhood poverty. It's an issue we continue to ignore in favor of calling for reforms (often by people who stand to profit off of these reforms, and then reported on by news stations that are affiliated with those same people.) Do we need to make improvements? I won't deny that we do. But that's always going to be the case. It certainly doesn't mean that our schools are failing or are poor.

Again, I am not making a broad, sweeping statement about the nation's school systems. I am talking about a specific district/region that I have inside information on.

I am a product of a public school, and I wouldn't change that for anything. I went to a deregulated school in Florida and got an amazing education with some incredible teachers.
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RE: What should I do if I'm being forced to go to a Christian School? - by SteelCurtain - June 7, 2016 at 10:05 pm

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