The plan must be working...
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The teacher's unions are not happy...
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The teacher's unions are not happy...
@Jolly Good. One of the tweets mentioned that Republicans want to end the public education system. This one does. It need’s dismantled and completely rebuilt. And any effin teacher or administrator that thought it’s appropriate to not inform parents on their kid’s well-being needs to never have a teaching certification or be allowed in a school again. Any teacher and admin that DID keep information from parents should face 6 months jail time and not even be allowed within 500 yards of a school. That is such a violation of the trust and compact between parents and teachers…
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There's a local homeschooling group that has been very successful. They will rotate teachers depending on subject matter in many cases. Their ranks run the gamut from housewives to business people to a few former teachers to a couple of retired college professors.
The kids seem to be fairly well adjusted, with some going into the workforce after graduation, some going to votech school and many doing pretty well at university. A lot of their high school aged kids also tend to work part-time jobs, as that is encouraged by the association.
The reason the high school age kids can work, or the reason that multiple teachers can rotate, is that the kids only do 4 hours instruction per day, 4 days per week. That's all it takes for those kids to meet or exceed the schooling they would get in public elementary or high school.
The association does encourage enrichment programs outside of the 4-hour window. Many parents mandate their children take musical instrument or voice lessons. The association provides a drama class and the kids do a couple of productions per year. Music recitals are held periodically. Science fair projects are encouraged and they compete in science fairs and literary rallies against the public school kids.
There are some kids that the home school experience doesn't work for. Some kids do better away from home, but it's amazing how well most of these kids do and what solid citizens they become.
