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| 2015-10-21 |
| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #12 Schedule conflicts when my daughter switched from one HS to another left her with no English class one year. I thought taking a 'year off' would be unwise, so I home-schooled her in English that year. No lesson plans or coordination with schools, just "Here, read this book this month and write a short report addressing these questions." She did it, and it really benefited her the next year. At some later time one of her friends asked her if she should home-school - her answer was "Oh, no! My Dad would be way too hard." |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-10-21 21:35 |
| #11 Make it a requirement for tenure. You must spend 90 days out of each and every year teaching *in* a public school - in a under-funded school district. On and for minimum wage. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-10-21 18:45 |
| #10 I'm kinda liking what P2K sez. And make it mandatory. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2015-10-21 18:35 |
| #9 In the county where I live there is a rise home-schooling, but not because of the quality of education. People are just too lazy to get there children up to meet the bus. I have personal knowledge of more than one "Mother" whose reason is, "I just can't get up in time for them to get on the bus". Does anyone think those children are getting an education? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2015-10-21 18:12 |
| #8 Online education is cheap... for those with access to computers and the internet. Perhaps Microsoft and/or Apple can make a few equipment donations to public libraries. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-10-21 15:34 |
| #7 ...have the College of Education in each of the state funded universities send their 'instructors and professors' to do 90 day stints in those rural areas. Maybe they'll grasp what its like in the trenches and find out maybe what the levels of 'white privilege' look a lot different at ground level than from their offices on the campus. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-10-21 14:01 |
| #6 That district is legally required to provide 180 days of "education" to all eligible. The article neglects to say where the money might come from. I remember reading the history "The Worst Hard Time" about the Dust Bowl era. A Texas schoolmarm worked without pay for several years in the 1930's just to keep the system going. People like her are rare indeed. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-10-21 13:31 |
| #5 Perhaps Obama will invite in the U.N. to teach class? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-10-21 13:13 |
| #4 There are a lot of very rural counties in Tennessee with no industrial base and not much agriculture. Not much air able land. When health insurance plans and increased medicare coverage are mandated from Washington in a "one size fits all" mentality the money has to come from somewhere. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2015-10-21 12:09 |
| #3 Could this be a foretelling? The eventual demise of so called 'public education' and the cult of teacher's unions ? I can see a GP Large tent with flaps rolled up, folding chairs, and parent volunteers, a baseball field, and sack lunches. Happy, healthy young country kids, safely walking to and from classes. Perhaps I am a silly old man dreaming. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-10-21 11:43 |
| #2 Hey, Darth, they'll just pass a law defining home schooling as child abuse. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-10-21 09:30 |
| #1 I see a rise in home schooling and charter schools in Tennessee. Wait... don't the libtards hate these as they don't follow the same |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-10-21 08:59 |