Your Tax Dollars Fund Creationism In Schools

[Janelle2002 3,865]

They should also administer tests to be sure the kids and their parents are not anti-minority, anti-single moms and anti-socialist.

And check to be sure the parents only have sex missionary style.

Edited March 25, 2014 by Janelle2002

[Novembro 1,763]

Creationism has no place being taught as a science. None.

That it gets taught at all remains a mystery, as the available science renders it meaningless, unless you abandon science as a means to explain things and rely solely on faith and the words men have transcribed as the word of God.

:america:

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

LOL

Your system is in decline and it pains you that no matter what we do... no matter what we spend..... no matter what new program is embraced, we see the same failed results.

My system is in decline? What are you talking about? My system isn't at work around here.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

States should use a voucher system in the same way the fed gives money under the GI bill type education programs .... let the parent chose the school.

The State should administer a test the students must pass.

I don't know about how other states do it, but in the state I live in, you can designate up to a certain amount of your state income taxes to go to a private school of your choice. But as far as evidence on whether or not students in charter schools behave better, this study shows that they don't:

Federal study: Charter schools no more successful in improving achievement, attendance or behavior

On average, study charter schools did not have a statistically significant impact on student achievement. However, the averages mask wide variation across the charter schools in how well their lottery winners performed relative to the lottery losers, who typically went back to their neighborhood schools.

Study charter schools did not significantly affect most other outcomes examined, except for parent and student satisfaction. These outcomes included absences, suspensions, and other measures of performance, as well as survey‐based measures of effort in school, student well‐being, behavior and attitudes, and parental involvement.However, lottery winners were 12 percentage points more likely and their parents were 33 percentage points more likely to say they were more satisfied with their schools than lottery losers.

Study charter schools were more effective for lower-income and lower achieving students and less effective for higher-income and higher-achieving students. On average, lottery winners with initial low test scores and lottery winners from low‐income families benefited academically from admission to charter schools (in math) while their more advantaged counterparts did not. However, there were no significant differences in charter school impacts for other student subgroups—such as those defined by race, ethnicity, and gender.

The variation in student achievement impacts among charter schools may be related to certain school characteristics. Charter schools in large urban areas, those serving more lower‐income or more lower‐achieving students produced positive impacts on student math scores relative to other nearby school options.

Charter schools outside of large urban areas, those serving fewer low‐income students, and those serving higher‐achieving students had negative impacts on test scores. Less negative impacts were found in smaller charter schools and those more likely to use ability grouping.

http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2010/06/29/federal-study-charter-schools-no-more-successful-in-improving-achievement-attendance-or-behavior/

Edited March 26, 2014 by Porterhouse

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Federal study: Charter schools no more successful in improving achievement, attendance or behavior

That's not what charter schools were designed to do. Charter schools are designed to funnel taxpayer funds into private business. Nothing else. They were never about the kids' achievements. Ever.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Mr. Big Dog

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

They should also administer tests to be sure the kids and their parents are not anti-minority, anti-single moms and anti-socialist.

And check to be sure the parents only have sex missionary style.

Temper your words Janelle, don't let anger cloud your posts. You're better than who you're fighting.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

They should also administer tests to be sure the kids and their parents are not anti-minority, anti-single moms and anti-socialist.

And check to be sure the parents only have sex missionary style.

And only for procreation purposes.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Temper your words Janelle, don't let anger cloud your posts. You're better than who you're fighting.

Me angry? Im the farthest from it. Im watching Netflix.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

And only for procreation purposes.

lol and the list would go on.

On a serious note, I wouldnt mind sending my daughter to a good Christian School. We in America have forgotten the importance of religion. Religion can be used as a social tool to bring people together of all walks and paths of life.

One of the things I miss about Sri Lanka the most, is in school, no matter the religion, three times a week the students of the same faith gathered, learned about their faith and discussed their problems. Christian s together, Catholic, the Hindus learned to write in Tamil and d iscuss their faith as well as the Muslim children learned Arabic. It was one of the most beautiful things I had seen before. And nobody hated their American, Baptist teacher, me, because they had been groomed to mingle with people from different races and religion s from very young.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Me angry? Im the farthest from it. Im watching Netflix.

What you watching? Just finished the season of Torchwood. Trying to find something else to dig into after school work

BTW, didn't say you were mad, just don't want you to become twisted, like some folks on here.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

What you watching? Just finished the season of Torchwood. Trying to find something else to dig into after school work

BTW, didn't say you were mad, just don't want you to become twisted, like some folks on here.

im watching exploding sun. What can I say? Im a sucker for natural disaster movies

nope, no becoming wicked for me

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I am becoming more anti-establishment everyday. Today while in a upscale mall in Atlanta, I saw a support the child fund "disrupting Poverty" sign between the Prada and Louis V store. 4 cute little African kids on the poster.

I guess after you drop 700 bucks on a pair of Prada shoes and 5K on Louis V purse, made in a 3rd world country by people making 2 dollars day, you can drop 5 bucks on the child fund, and feel like freaking care!

I thin stopped and joined Costco on the way home. Nice to see a clean well run store staffed by happy employees. All that waited on me had been there 14+ years. All the prices were competitive with Sam's

So the argument that the Walton's help the poor by making low cost goods available at Wal-mart. They help the Walton's and the stock holders become richer, and that's all.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

lol and the list would go on.

On a serious note, I wouldnt mind sending my daughter to a good Christian School. We in America have forgotten the importance of religion. Religion can be used as a social tool to bring people together of all walks and paths of life.

One of the things I miss about Sri Lanka the most, is in school, no matter the religion, three times a week the students of the same faith gathered, learned about their faith and discussed their problems. Christian s together, Catholic, the Hindus learned to write in Tamil and d iscuss their faith as well as the Muslim children learned Arabic. It was one of the most beautiful things I had seen before. And nobody hated their American, Baptist teacher, me, because they had been groomed to mingle with people from different races and religion s from very young.

I don't know. I grew up without much of any religion in my life and I turned out just fine if I may say. Then there is something to be said about some of the more traditional values and the sense of community and inclusion and whathaveyou that religion amnd churches can offer. My wife and daughter head over to church every now and then and my daughter really enjoys it. She has friends there and feels like being part of something larger than our little family of three. It's good stuff. I support that. She socializes with good kids and is among good families and friends. Nothing wrong with that at all.

But leave it out of the schools, please. Especially when it comes to passing mythology off as science. It's just not right.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

You would be hard pressed to find a jewish school in need of public funding. For obvious reasons, the jewish community takes the education of their children seriously, and money is seldom an issue.

Odd when one makes a blanket statement about a minority all hades breaks lose, When people say the Black community the libs foam at the mouth at the idea of speaking collectively of a group of people.

I guess however all Jewish people are rich and send their kids to private school.

Edited March 26, 2014 by The Nature Boy

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