My own education rant

[Calliope]

On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:30:21 -0800 (PST), "melclaros" wrote:
>>Children are already being warehoused and our voucher 
program is in its infancy. These schools are not required to test 
their students. (How ironic is THAT? The public schools live and die 
by the state test, but the state is handing out checks to private 
schools and giving them Carte Blanche with it! No accountability 
requested!) When the money runs out, the children are shipped back to 
the local public school, midway through the year, woefully behind and 
TA-DA! they are then expected to pass the sacred FCAT which will 
grade the school the children haven't even been attending for most of 
the year! The school's grade drops, more students become eligible for 
vouchers based on that grade and the vicious circle begins again. 

Me:

I am sitting here with my eyes falling out in total shock.  You have GOT to be
kidding me!  Please tell me you are making this up.  Please, please, please. 
They're getting state money, but don't have to abide by state regulations?  I
think I'm going to be sick.  This is the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard. 
I thought *my* state was the only one making a bunch of dumb rules, but I see
that's not so.  Geez.

Calliope 

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