Millennials, starting to feel bad for these kids

[Hardcore troubadour 16,096]

 

It does. And it has turned my daughters Catholic elementary school into basically what amounts to a public school. It's a Catholic school that was having trouble. Attendance was low at the church. Which caused the enrollment numbers at the school to go down also. The state came in and used the school as a guinea pig and started a Pre-K program for lower income families. The system showed promise so the state approved vouchers to some of the families to attend just this school. When word got out, other families from failing schools in the area started applying. The church was more than happy to accept the governments money to keep the school open. Within five years of starting the voucher program, the school is run like a public school and the kids placement scores show this. By all accounts from the teachers that I know that work there (I was president of the Dads Club for five years), they tell me it's been an ultimate failure in their opinion.

is the voucher just for low income, or for anyone that sends their kid to private school?

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I checked into this, found that it was not exactly true, but could be depending on your area.

 

 

My friend was a recruiter for four years. He says he knew within sixty seconds of meeting a potential recruit whether or not they went to private or public school. He said the ASFAB scores for private school kids were significantly higher on average than public school kids.

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My friend was a recruiter for four years. He says he knew within sixty seconds of meeting a potential recruit whether or not they went to private or public school. He said the ASFAB scores for private school kids were significantly higher on average than public school kids.

You mean the ASVAB?

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is the voucher just for low income, or for anyone that sends their kid to private school?

 

 

I'm not sure. The voucher system at my daughters school was for low income only. Many of the paying parents pulled their kids out when they found out they couldn't apply.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,719]

You mean the ASVAB?

 

Yes. Typing to fast.

[Mungwater 601]

 

Yes. Typing to fast.

No worries, just wanted to be sure there wasn't a new test I didn't know about

[Hardcore troubadour 16,096]

 

 

I'm not sure. The voucher system at my daughters school was for low income only. Many of the paying parents pulled their kids out when they found out they couldn't apply.

It doesn't seem to serve its purpose if its just for low income and you don't have more options(schools) to send your kid.

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It doesn't seem to serve its purpose if its just for low income and you don't have more options(schools) to send your kid.

But it does make sense though, lower income families send their kids to a better school (in theory), weaker students pull the others down (in theory) Virtuous circle.