Posted on 08/14/2014 11:52:12 AM PDT by upchuck
Homeschool them or enroll them in a conservative Christian school.
Related: Common Core's Growing Unpopularity from 8/12/14.
NC ping.
The liberals hate this almost as much as they love abortion and the bearded jihadis.
Ooh, the teachers’ unions won’t stand for this! NC homeschoolers, prepare for the unions to attempt to push through some anti-homeschool legislation soon.
What they are going to find, in my estimation, is that, as more and more families withdraw their children for homeschooling or other private schools, the ones who remain will be the lowest achievers. This will end up driving down their results on standardized tests, etc., which will not play well at some point.
They might be okay with it... the home schooler departures free up slots for the illegals.
True, and when the illegals don’t do well in school, it will be an excuse to squeeze more out of taxpayers to make things all better. The solution to all government failures is always more money.
Not only get your kids away from Common Core, this home school movement is going to turn into a small stampede when the illegal kids start arriving at the schools with lice, scabies, TB, chicken pox, polio, bacterial pneumonia, etc. I don’t trust the government to properly screen them medically before inflicting them on the public schools.
We got notice from our school district yesterday that all of the schools fall below the Common Core standards in both Math and Reading. We have the option to switch schools now, according to the law, but the notice also informed us no school within 50 miles meets the standards.
They’re bring in all the illegal children to replace those that’re escaping the public schools. /semi-sarcasm
Get your children out of the government schools - NOW!
Bump.
LOL! Thanks,
The private school where my sister-in-law teaches has a surge of parents looking to send their kids there, all due to Common Core.
Have been homeschooling since mid 90’s...haven’t looked back. Out of six children, two are college grads, third is halfway done with college, fourth starting as dual enrolled high school/college, next two still at home. All are excellent students of economics, politics and history, understand our Constitution, the freedoms and liberties thereby guaranteed, and have gone much further in math and science than I ever did in my public school education. It hasn’t been easy, but it has been well worth it. They all say they will do the same for their children. I pray they do.
Good points brought up here, though. What happens when there is increased “flight” from public school, which I understand, but what is left? Will there continue to be the call for MORE funding as if we haven’t spent in excess as it is? When will the taxpayers take the stand that the ROI in public schooling is no longer worth it, that major structural changes are needed?
To answer your question, when the School Board says, “Our enrollment is down 20% over the last two school years. But here’s why we need a one cent increase in the sales tax (or whatever).”
School Boards are usually self perpetuating and pretty much rubber stamp what ever the school administration wants because, “It’s for the children.”
They are masters at creative accounting.
It won't get far. Homeschooling is big in NC, and we're a politically active bunch.
"Hey kids... we're going to do a field trip in Civics today. Grab your backpacks and get in the van, we're headed to the Capitol!"
Homeschoolers Ping.
Tagging for later distribution to the skeptical (”but public school is _free_!”).
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