> The only hope is to eliminate the Chicago Public Schools entirely and go to an all–private school system. <
Retired urban public school teacher here. And I agree with the above. Big city school districts are beyond being saved. Way beyond.
Unfortunately, I don’t think they’ll ever be eliminated. Too many special interest groups are involved. The unions are just one of them. Another are the local politicians. They hate to give up any power.
But private schools have their problems, too. How would they handle a disruptive student? Public schools must educate every student (or at least try). Could a private school just boot the kid out? If so, where does the kid go?
Plus private schools tend to attract like-minded folks. So we could end up with Muslim private schools being funded by tax dollars.
My private, Christian, boys high school had a simple solution - anyone not up to behavioral or effort standards got kicked out. Our class (of 222) had 4 boys weeded out in the first month of our freshman year. One was even the son of a family with long legacy and long-term support for our school (the boy was a bully who started fights).
Even as a 14 year-old, I was very proud of my school and its dean of students / principal for that.
That attitude created a school of elites.
First of all, they're Democrat indoctrination camps, not schools. The trend to bring back the trades is a good start but addressing problem children, there should be no compulsory school attendance. Let them drop out and get their education in the real world.
You got a point on the muzzie schools. Would we be able to keep them in check with a free market? The answer should be in immigration.
Harriet Tubman saved 1000 slaves and said she couda’ saved 2,000 if ‘they knew they were slaves’. The longest march starts with the first step and something tells me we’ll soon be past the talking about it point. Pour gasoline on the fire in Tea Party fashion when we get a ‘workable’ majority. In the wake of W’s 2004 victory he vowed to use his new political capital to work on fixing SSI-got him nowhere as the chickens are now coming home to roost. The 2005 senate had 55 republicans with Bill Frist as our leader. The difference next time will be who’s in the WH. The communists should help our side but they MAY NOT. Eternal vigilance my friends.
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“So we could end up with Muslim private schools being funded by tax dollars.”
I’m afraid your student body did not reflect the diversity of its catchment area. Your funding will be reduced in proportion to the mismatch.
The alternative would be forcing the private school to keep the kid, which is what the public schools do.
I live in the LA Unified School District. One of its students kept causing trouble and they couldn't boot him out. All they could do was transfer him from school to school until finally he killed a fellow student. I always wondered the parent of that murdered student felt and thought. Yes, schools should be able to boot them out, and as for where the kid goes after that, maybe juvie? Maybe a special school for problem kids? Maybe stick him with his parents, who just might make sure their little darling behaves, in order to avoid that fate. But forcing the good kids who want to learn to put up with disruptive kids in their classes should not be an option.
State legislatures and Congress are moving toward banning sharia in schools.
Ruthlessly enforce.