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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (574754)	7/2/2010 5:49:42 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575980

UNION teachers in the public school system. Next question.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (574754)	7/2/2010 7:41:27 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 1575980

Skill for that kind of work is obtained from On-the-job training or through technical trade schools. "And here's the result of the RW anti-education drive...." Public schools have been closing the gap on private schools over the past few years, probably due to standardized testing requirements where schools who do not measure up get consequences. I have seen the standards steadily rising especially recently. My youngest daughter was in Algebra 1 this year as a 7th grader and there were three sections of Algebra 1 in her school for 7th graders. It is a big middle school. Most of these kids are children of very conservative parents. Her older sisters couldn't take Algebra 1 until 9th grade because there weren't enough students who were ready to make even one section. Public schools seem to be doing much better but it will probably take another 5 or 6 years for that to show up statistically. The Charter schools in my area were doing much better until recently when the public schools seem to have caught up and are even doing better than some. The little charters and private schools have the advantage of being a magnate for the kids who have wealthy parents who are themselves successful role models with more than adequate resources. Their biggest weakness is that these powerful parents are also good at corrupting the small administration in favor of their kid, which over time can become a serious problem for a small school. The weakness in the public school is that there are plenty of kids who are not there to learn, their parents are not supportive, and they have competing interests, which is always a distraction. I went to a PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) meeting a while back and it was mostly stay at home moms who attended. They represented a cross section of mostly religious people who had kids at the top of the achievement ladder, with plans all laid out for secondary and post secondary education at the best schools. I don't know where you get your opinion that RWers are anti-education, unless it is wrt their lack of support for tax stuff. It certainly isn't true with regards to their own children.