No teachers union to hurt them.
Thanks for this Cole.
Link: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/10/25/catholic-schools-naep-244026
institutions and teachers...and thankful that my parents could afford the cost...therein lies the rub...it's getting harder and harder for lower and even middle class families to send their kids to such schools.
As far as which is best...in the CA Elementary and H.S. districts where our kids went to school, they have scored 985/1000 consistently on state wide tests which I'm sure puts them at or above any of the Catholic schools...the common thread IMO is $$$ and that comes from parents who have succeeded themselves and DEMAND the same from their kids.
How do we improve scores across the board?...lower the income/wealth gap (many details to follow).
btw, over 1,000,000 deaths from COVID in just two years should let you know that closing schools was the right decision.
And can respect how I was taught. Nuns didn’t screw around and they were hard edged at times but I was taught the right way. Spent plenty of time learning the basics and fundamentals. None of this woke PC bullshit. My son follows a FLVS program with a sprinkling of things thrown in. He has even been taught cursive. Having a wife who is a proof reader for court reporters helps. She is a grammar nazi and it has rubbed off on him.
best of all...a catholic education. I am referring to diocesan catholic schools. The Jesuit schools are often financially exclusive, participate in wokeness to at least a moderate degree, and don't offer actual catholic teaching (at least without eyerolls).....though they are also a good academic product.
Some in fact most of them have been laicized and are Catholic in name only and have become liberal that ignore church teachings.
…..but the heart of the system of success is the diocesan schools. And they are taking many struggling in the PS system and fixing them.
parents from voting for who is on the school board (NYC), only ask parents to fundraise, and mute them for online webinars given by teachers. They also kept schools closed for much longer than CSs to please the Union.
PSs don't want the parents involved (see grooming).
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