Posted on 10/04/2023 8:52:54 AM PDT by Heartlander
Simple - you throw God out of our kids lives and you open the door to Satan! - imho
School Choice is a winning issue for the GOP. Let parents use their tax money to fund their children’s education wherever they want. The only folks who will suffer are the Teachers Unions at government schools. And they don’t vote GOP anyway. But I don’t think the GOP is looking for winning issues.
Schools "open to everyone" cannot succeed in this century.
9/8/2019
Washington DC charter schools did not significantly outperform public schools or even match them on the last two years of PARCC testing. These disappointing results for the charter school industry come almost a quarter-century after Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich teamed up to bring neoliberal education reform to Washington DC. As their “reforms” accelerated, residents were assured that innovative privatized schools would bring better outcomes and performance gaps would close.
https://tultican.com/2019/09/08/dc-charter-school-performance-almost-matches-public-schools/
NOTE: The author of that almost certainly is leftist.
In Japan, teachers have to rotate among schools about once every seven years.
“School Choice is a winning issue for the GOP.”
What’s the problem:
The school building?
The curriculum?
The teachers?
The students?
“you throw God out of our kids lives”
In 1872, Florida law required public school teachers to capitalize on opportunities to teach every Christian virtue.
The woke curriculum
The unionized teachers
The disruptive students who cannot be removed because it’s a public school
The schools and the students should be focused on Excellence. Government schools are manifestly not.
Let’s go to an urban school which once primarily served Jewish students.
I suspect many of its graduates did quite well in life.
What are the differences now?
“The unionized teachers”
Are the teachers incompetent? lazy?
What’s wrong with unionization?
The government will still try to worm their way in - esp. to place restrictions on churches. I’m a little irked by it as well as it sounds a lot like, “Hey, you churches... give us your facilities but not your Jesus, and everything will work out just fine!” Our problems as a country are just symptoms of our abandonment of God and his Word. We traded Truth for the elites ‘wisdom.’ Yes, John Dewey, I’m looking at you. We are now reaping what we’ve sown - but not yet willing to repent.
“The disruptive students who cannot be removed because it’s a public school”
Perhaps the kid’s household’s SNAP choices could be restricted to WIC choices by teacher decision.
WIC ALLOWABLE FOODS
Baby Food
Baby Cereal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Baby Food – Fruits and Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Baby Food – Meats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Beans – Canned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Beans/Peas/Lentils – Dried . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Breakfast Cereal – Cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Breakfast Cereal – Hot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fish – Canned and Pouches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fruits and Vegetables
Fresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Frozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Canned Fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Canned Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Juice
Adult Participants – Tomato/Vegetable (46 oz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adult Participants – Frozen (11.5 or 12 oz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Children’s Juice – Mixed or Blends (64 oz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23
Children’s Juice – Single Fruit (64oz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Children’s Juice – Vegetable Juice (64oz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Milk – Cow Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–28
Milk – Goat Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Milk – Yogurt................................................................................30
Peanut Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Soy Beverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Tofu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Whole Grain Choices
Brown Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Oatmeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Soft Tortillas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Whole Wheat Pasta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Whole Wheat Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Whole Wheat Hamburger and Hot Dog Buns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-02/960-278-WICShoppingGuide-en.pdf
I’d knock fruit juices off the WIC program.
Perhaps SNAP should be made more like WIC in terms of choice.
Put Dr. Carol Swain in charge.
According to the report, Catholic school students in 4th grade achieved an average score of 235 in reading compared to 219 for their public school peers. Similarly, Catholic school 4th graders achieved an average score of 246 in math and 164 in science, compared to their public school peers, who achieved average scores of 240 and 150 respectively.
The distribution was similar for 8th grade, with Catholic school students outperforming their public school peers in reading with scores of 278 to 262, in math with scores of 293 to 281, and in science with scores of 167 to 153.
WIKI
Carol Miller Swain was born on March 7, 1954, in Bedford, Virginia, the second of twelve children. Her father dropped out of school in the third grade and her mother dropped out in high school. Her stepfather used to physically abuse her mother, Dorothy Henderson, who is disabled due to polio. Swain grew up in poverty, living in a shack without running water, and sharing two beds with her eleven siblings. She did not have shoes and thus missed school whenever it snowed. She did not finish high school, dropping out in ninth grade. She moved to Roanoke with her family in the 1960s and appealed to a judge to be transferred to a foster home, which was denied. Swain instead lived with her grandmother in a trailer park.
After she divorced in 1975, Swain earned a GED and worked as a cashier at McDonald’s, a door-to-door salesperson, and an assistant in a retirement facility. She later earned an associate degree from Virginia Western Community College. She went on to earn a B.A., magna cum laude, in criminal justice from Roanoke College and a master’s degree in political science from Virginia Tech. While an undergraduate at Roanoke College, she organized a scholarship fund for black students that by 2002 had an endowment of $350,000. She finished a Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989. In 2000, she earned a Master of Legal Studies from Yale Law School.
In November 2015, Vanderbilt University students started a petition asking university administrators to halt Swain’s teaching and require her to attend diversity training sessions.
In January 2017, Swain announced that she would retire from Vanderbilt in August, saying, “I will not miss what American universities have allowed themselves to become”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_M._Swain
I can FIX the Public School system in 24 hours EASILY!!
One Executive Order by the Presid3ent will do it:
All Public Employee’s Shall be required to send their offspring to the Public School in their neighborhood or be Terminated Immediately and ALL Pension and Retirement Benefits will be rescinded. All States shall Guarantee that every Public Employee in their State also has their offspring enrolled in the Public School System or that State will receive NO Federal Funds for anything.
Problem Solved, Make them live by their very own rules.
The demographics are different now. 79% hispanic, 3% asian, 2% black, 12% white. Math proficiency 29%. Reading proficiency 57%. Graduation rate 93%. It is now a top 50% school instead of a top 10% school.
The campus is expanded significantly from the time I graduated. Air conditioners in classrooms. Foreign language offering including Japanese, Chinese, French, German, Spanish. A robotics facility is present. Far more classroom space. The football field/track is nicely upgraded. No more door knobs. Classes have a deadbolt key and a pull handle. Lockers are bolted closed. The poorer performance is certainly not for lack of investment in physical facilities or curriculum.
I love this woman! She’s such an inspiration. Would be a great VP!!
I was educated at public schools, from kindergarten to 12th grade in Arizona. That included honors and AP classes in high school, as well as accurate American History and Civics. This education got me into MIT and Harvard!
Alas, that was a very long time ago. Now we need education plans that bypass the teachers’ unions and woke administrators. That is very hard for many parents, students, and communities. Besides that, MIT and Harvard are not what they used to be. Lord have Mercy!!
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