Why should all public high schools be transformed into privately funded ones?

[jgarden]

For many private schools, education takes a backseat to religion.
The first priority is usually a teacher's "religious" qualifications, not their educational ones.
Just because someone is a Christian, Moslem or Jew in good standing, doesn't make them a good teacher.

 

[Ar Cosc]

Giving more funding to higher-performing schools, or any state establishment, is just plain daft. It's obvious that the lower-performing ones are those who need the most funding. Some other sort of incentivisation is needed

 

[jgarden]

Giving more funding to higher-performing schools, or any state establishment, is just plain daft. It's obvious that the lower-performing ones are those who need the most funding. Some other sort of incentivisation is needed

"Under performing" schools invariably are a reflection of those socio-economic areas with more pressing needs (food, shelter, safety), where education is not considered a high priority!

 

[Biologist]

Without the cost of any regular tuition fees on the students or their families, at least not initially...

All high school students should be required to enter into a lifelong legal contract specifying that upon their own eventual graduation and formal employment, after they are set in their future careers, whatever they may be, they shall be required to pay one percent of their annual income, however high or low it may amount to, to the schools that they attended. This is a very small amount of money from the individual students' point of view, but it may eventually mean millions upon millions of dollars being returned to the schools as payment for their educational work, thus allowing them to become ever-more effective learning institutions, which would in turn allow them to produce graduates with the abilities needed to gain higher, more advanced and more financially profitable future careers.

Those who do not graduate, or those who do graduate, but who, for whatever reason, never actually become employed in their entire lives, however unlikely that would seem for most students, do not have to pay anything.

I dropped out of high school. However, in the event that I had graduated and this was in effect, I wouldn't be able to stomach giving one cent to such a wretched facility.

I, however, wouldn't mind donating to the colleges I've attended since.

you went to school in the 80's and 90's though, every public school has (or is suppost to have) resources to teach people with dyslexia and ADD and other common disabilities

Even if this were true. Where are the specialized programs for Geniuses? Not the "gifted," the real geniuses. This was my problem with high school. I can learn in a day what the "gifted" learn in a week. Where was my specialized curriculum? Why couldn't I be assigned one on one time with a teacher so they could give me projects and assignments based on my needs? I literally failed high school because of the bullies and the poor curriculum. They knew my problem. It was discussed four times before I dropped out. The bullies were never punished and I was never given an opportunity to learn at that school.

 

[GeorgeKillen]

Let the money follow the student to whatever school the parent decides - no limitations. Watch competition drive up performance and efficiency.

 

[Drekkan85]

From the standpoint of someone who was a public school teacher in Japan, I have to agree with rambot. It's far more B than A. In Japan not only can you not kick out problem kids, but in Japan (at least), a kid can fail every year and still must be allowed to move on to the next year.

I taught for 2 years (though I came in during the 2nd semester). In that time I saw students graduate from JHS that I saw in their first year (of 3). These were kids who got 0~12% on every test of theirs that I saw for all three years. Kids who sometimes were a massive disruption during class. And they graduated.

 

[Ar Cosc]

Let the money follow the student to whatever school the parent decides - no limitations. Watch competition drive up performance and efficiency.

Watch poorer families decide they can't afford to send their kids to school.

 

[ACougar]

Why not just come straight out and say that what you really want is the opportunity to religiously indoctrinate young people in school?

 

[RedDead1981]

If it means anything to anyone, the special education program at most private schools is a joke. Better to shoo the abnorms out of sight so the country club crowd doesn't need to worry about little Billy having to put up with some ree-tard, I guess. (am a tad bitter about this one, please excuse)