Charter schools, religious schools and home schooling is cutting into them so much that they are actually running commercials on TV here to get you to send your children to public school. They are saying that they have a lock on music, art, sports and a rich educational environment, but people are still using alternative methods for education. This is in Texas. I wonder if other places are encountering the same thing.
THat’s interesting. Because whenever these ‘teachers’ whine and demand a pay raise, the systems always cut music and art.
My kids are in band. Both first chair. They learned more from me and being around music than they have ever gotten from their teachers.
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I was recently asked at an American Heritage Girls’ meeting (conservative alternative to the Girl Scouts), “What kind of schooling do you do?” I was confused by the question. “Public, private or home schooling?”
That was instead of “Where do your kids go to school?”
“I wonder if other places are encountering the same thing.”
In my part of Colorado, I would guess homeschooling is growing by leaps and bounds. All of the school districts (greedy bastards)have some sort of homeschool program (k-12) so they can try and get at least some of the monies lost from the state. For the elementary level students, I think the program primarily targets the specials programs (art, gym, music, foreign language). Not sure what the middle school or high school programs target.
They are running similar ads in Michigan. There are a few school districts that do not have to do that, mostly the ones that have a decent academic and a stellar athletic program, but if you move to those districts your child can not join the school team for a year.
They are killing the few public schools that are actually decent.
A rich educational environment — that’s a good one.
Anything a school offers can be duplicated by home schoolers.
—— Charter schools, religious schools and home schooling is cutting into them so much that they are actually running commercials on TV here to get you to send your children to public school. ——
I’ve seen ads for “public school homeschooling.” It appears to be a national campaign. Not sure what it’s about, or who’s running it, but it looks like they’re running scared.