School

This short video mocks the common excuses. And then suggests the real reasons for this country’s educational failure. (Bruce Deitrick Price, Improve-Education.org)

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I pay 12k/year in property taxes; 6k of that goes to public schools. My son goes to a private school because the public school in my area are drug and crime infested. Can the money I pay yearly to public schools, be given to his private school to offset his tuition?

No, but if you qualify you can get a credit for those taxes on your return. Contact the IRS and see if you are eligibale for a an education credit or property tax credit..

He who has ears, let him hear!

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I cannot seem to find any data for how much having fine arts classes at public elementary, middle, and high schools cost the state .Please help me by including a source.

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I’m referring to primary and secondary schools, not universities. I’d like input from everyone, but I’m particularly interested in the answers of those who have attended schools in more than one country.

I ask this because as an American educator, I feel frustration at our unrealistic insistence on trying to get everyone to meet basic college prep standards, when not everyone is meant to go to college. I think this is why American public education tends to "dumb down" standards, as opposed to raising the bar of excellence.

I lived in Germany and they seemed to have a much better and realistic educational system than ours, but that was twenty years ago.

Canada and Iceland have excellent public school systems. Illiteracy is almost non-existent in Iceland. Actually Cuba has one of the best free public education systems in the world and has one of the highest litercy rates.

I am writing an English paper on the sex education debate. I believe comprehensive sex education should be taught in public schools (not just abstinence-only), but I can’t think of any more reasons. These are the reasons I have so far:

1. To prevent teen pregnancy and STD’s (by teaching contraceptive methods, etc)
2. To educate students about their bodies and urges

Can you think of any more? I need specific reasons, not just "because abstinence-only doesn’t work."

Thanks!

Also, no matter what, in the world we live in today. Kids will learn about sex at a very young age. So we should educate them now about it. I remember when I was 11 I had a friend who had already slept with 7 guys. I remember my dad wouldn’t let my little sister go on birth control just because she was 14, yet my mom put her on it anyway because wouldn’t you rather be safe then sorry? You can’t just tell your kids that you don’t want them to have sex and expect them to listen to you. They will do it no matter what. So we need to educate them now, and also we need to educate parents that they need to be more aware of what is actually going on these days.

We are being relocated to Southern California and we are trying to decide where to live. Our biggest criteria being the public schools and the programs they offer for children with special needs. Our 7 year old has mild Autism and ADHD and he does not do so well in a traditional classroom with 20 kids. Any suggestions?

There are many hear in CA. I work for Riverside Unified School District. We have a good program for kids with autism. There are many programs that may fit your son. At the school I work for we have several programs. there is SDC, SED, SH, PASD. All programs are 15 or less. It depends where he is placed. I work in PASD which is profound (low functioning) autism spectrum disorder at high school level. So I dough he would be placed in this one. But we work closely with the other classes, and they may be better suited for your son. Also try Riverside County of Education. They have special classes all through out Riverside County.

You can check two places
www.rusd.k12.ca.us
www.rcoe.k12.ca.us

That may help
Good Luck

Assuming they have school aged children. And if they don’t, why not? Do you blame them or think they should be part of the solution instead of "opting out" of the system? And isn’t it a little bit hypocritical about talking about fixing the schools and trusting the schools to educate the country’s children when they don’t even use the public school system themselves?

Amy Carter is the only presidental child in modern history who has gone to the DC public schools.

No, I doubt very seriously if the next president of the U.S. will enroll their children in DC public schools. The answer as to why not is because DC public schools are at the bottom of the barrel, and I don’t blame anyone who opts not to allow their children to go to DC schools. It’s not hypocritical to not send one’s children to failing schools.

Nevertheless, the president, other leaders, teachers, and parents should try to fix that school system whether their children attend those schools or not. The future of all children in this country will affect the economy, U.S. world status, etc.

I live in a major city in Illinois and have chosen to homeschool my child, and I ignore all criticism about this choice. I know why I am homeschooling my child, and it is the best choice for my family.

If a family has the resources to send their children to an elite private school, hire private tutors, homeschool, etc., that is their choice. This applies to the president also.

Why have we built a secity that allows the public schools to choose not to allow your child to attend the school of their/parintal wish?

Think about it – if a school took on enrolments from anywhere, some schools would have more students than they can handle (infrastructure and human resources can only stretch so far), while other schools would lose numbers and be forced to close (which would force students attending those schools to find other, non-local schools to attend).

The present system of attending your local school works because it spreads students evenly over the district, preventing any one school from having huge maitenence/resource/staff costs and other schools from closing at the inconvenience of those who attend.

What is the most common standardized test in public schools in the US?

SAT/ACT but some states have their own required tests.

good luck!