Private schools in my area do «cherry pick» the best students or, at least, get rid of the worst ones, most of who end up back in public schools.
Not exact matches
«He characterized sexual assault, grabbing women
in the most
private of
areas, as a thing that all guys
do and that all normal guys
do,» said Drew Ludwig, a parent of students
in the district and one of the dozens of protesters gathered outside the location of the latest
school board meeting.
Few
private schools exist
in Nevada, and those that
do mostly (and predictably) operate
in areas with enough high - income families to support them.
The expansion of charter and magnet
schools, along with
private school options,
does provide some opportunities for children
in high - poverty
areas to attend
schools that are more mixed
in terms of class and income.
About 97 percent of public
school teachers claim to be certified
in their teaching
area, while only 83 percent of charter
school and 54 percent of
private school teachers
do (see Figure 2).
As he notes: «Few
private schools exist
in Nevada, and those that
do mostly (and predictably) operate
in areas with enough high - income families to support them» — a striking admission.
The reason why most
private high
schools do well
in this
area is that they are generally selective.
In particular, the study found severe accountability problems with both programs, most notably: they do not serve students in rural areas where there were virtually no private schools or scholarship organizations (SOs) present; they fund primarily religious schools, which are not required to be accredited or adhere to the same standards for curricula as public schools; they do not require the same testing requirements as public schools, making it impossible to gauge student achievement; and they do not require reporting by schools or SO
In particular, the study found severe accountability problems with both programs, most notably: they
do not serve students
in rural areas where there were virtually no private schools or scholarship organizations (SOs) present; they fund primarily religious schools, which are not required to be accredited or adhere to the same standards for curricula as public schools; they do not require the same testing requirements as public schools, making it impossible to gauge student achievement; and they do not require reporting by schools or SO
in rural
areas where there were virtually no
private schools or scholarship organizations (SOs) present; they fund primarily religious
schools, which are not required to be accredited or adhere to the same standards for curricula as public
schools; they
do not require the same testing requirements as public
schools, making it impossible to gauge student achievement; and they
do not require reporting by
schools or SOs.
Private school vouchers don't work
in rural
areas.
Officials with the Madison Catholic diocese and several other
area private and religious
schools said they don't plan to sign up by the Feb. 1 deadline for participation
in the 2014 - 15
school year.
For the second year
in a row, most of the Madison
area's largest
private schools don't plan to participate
in the state's new
private -
school voucher program.
Dr. Duffy works at Pleasant Point Reservation and
in Private Practice
in rural Maine, primarily
doing individual and family therapy with children, assessments, and consultation to
area schools and Head Start.