Now That SQ 744 Has Tanked, What To Do About Common Education

[heironymouspasparagus]

Hey, it's your buddies writing the tax law, so why not??

[guido911]

Hey, it's your buddies writing the tax law, so why not??

Can I expect a donation to my scholarship fund?

[heironymouspasparagus]

Sure...when you pay me that consulting fee for saving you $300,000 per year...

[guido911]

Sure...when you pay me that consulting fee for saving you $300,000 per year...

Post of the year candidate. lol

[heironymouspasparagus]

That pretty well makes the whole point I have been getting at!

Thanks!

[guido911]

More changes coming it seems.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday providing tax subsidies for private school scholarships.

Proponents of Sentate Bill 969 say it provides a way out of ineffective schools for poor students.

The legislation allows up to $3.5 million a year in tax credits for contributions to a fund providing up to $5,000 scholarships to private schools. Scholarship recipients must either meet certain low-income standards or reside in attendance districts of schools on the state's need-improvement.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=20110426_336_0_OKLAHO311994

[swake]

More changes coming it seems.


http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=20110426_336_0_OKLAHO311994

So we are going to reward people who made bad decisions on where they live?

[guido911]

So we are going to reward people who made bad decisions on where they live?

I think it is more about educating children that have zero choice on where they live.

[swake]

I think it is more about educating children that have zero choice on where they live.

Now you are coming around.

[guido911]

And yet another example of how wonderful public education is.

"APS is run like the mob," one teacher told investigators, saying she cheated because she feared retaliation if she didn't.

The voluminous report names 178 educators, including 38 principals, as participants in cheating. More than 80 confessed. The investigators said they confirmed cheating in 44 of 56 schools they examined.

The investigators conducted more than 2,100 interviews and examined more than 800,000 documents in what is likely the most wide-ranging investigation into test-cheating in a public school district ever conducted in United States history.

The findings fly in the face of years of denials from Atlanta administrators. The investigators re-examined the state's erasure analysis — which they said proved to be valid and reliable — and sought to lay to rest district leaders' numerous excuses for the suspicious scores.

http://www.ajc.com/news/investigation-into-aps-cheating-1001375.html

And whatever credibility those surveys rating the quality of each state's education are in the toilet. This sort of academic fraud could be widespread.

[nathanm]

Yeah, those for-profit schools would never resort to such tactics.

[Breadburner]

Yeah, those for-profit schools would never resort to such tactics.

Yes...Because they certainly need too....

[guido911]

Yeah, those for-profit schools would never resort to such tactics.

Let's talk about it then. I'll start with "this fraud was committed using innocent taxpayers money that funds public schools" point. And I goggled "private school teachers cheating test scores", and here's what hit:

http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1025&bih=431&q=private+school+cheating+teachers&btnG=Google+Search#sclient=psy&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=cyz&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&source=hp&q=private+school+teachers+cheating+test+scores&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=1ec92a21f3882047&biw=1025&bih=431

[ZYX]

Yeah, those for-profit schools would never resort to such tactics.

Most private schools are not for profit.

[guido911]

Most private schools are not for profit.

I think Nate was referring to private schools in general since I took issue with public schools in general.