That’s because they teach the 3 R’s and don’t waste their time with the “false” political agenda.
He puts it this way: Whenever I went from a Catholic school to a public school I was ahead of everyone in my class. Whenever I went from a public school to a Catholic school, I was behind everyone in my class.
My husband turned 60 on his last birthday, so this is a while ago; but, seems like nothing has changed.
Catholic and private schools are funded by tuition. They have to perform well to maintain their income (free market).
Public schools have been social experiments over the past few generations. New math, phonetic spelling and social indoctrination are just a few of the experiments our kids have been exposed to with dismal results.
Public school graduates are dumb by design but, they feel good about it.
My child is in a private, Christian school. Their curriculum is far more advanced than that of the public school’s. I spoke with a friend whose child was in the same grade, but in the public school and the difference between the two schools was huge. My child is reading and writing (in cursive) and hers was drawing shapes. No comparison.
That’s because Catholic schools can be selective about their students. They don’t have to have the lazy assed students who don’t want to learn. Public schools have to take them. So it’s terribly slanted in the Catholic schools favor.
Ican’t say that I’m surprised. I live in SC and, in our county, the private schools outscore the public schools in the SATs by 400-500 points!
I suspect that, should the standardized tests include more modern and enlightened subject matter, such as rainforest math, advanced empathy training and gay studies, the public schools would clearly win.
Catholic Schools are the single greatest evidence that throwing money at a school is not necessary in order to have a world-class education.
And home schools trump ‘em all!! :)
does anyone have a link to the DoE on this one?? tried to email the author and did a google search yet nothing...
The schools in my town are awful. The Catholic school must be better - but they don’t tout it, they talk about their religious side. The generic Christian school in the next town over gets rave reviews from the parents I know who send their kids there - but I can’t tell which girls in the choir go there and which go to the local public school.
“Better than the public school” is kind of like saying “more nutritious than horse droppings”.