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rgbecker

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3. I sent my kids to the best prep school I could find.

Reply to Jefferson23 (Original post)

Sat Jan 4, 2014, 10:01 PM

Jan 2014

I put my money where my mouth is. Never a class with more than 15 kids...some with only 5. No drugs, no bullies.

Until the public schools do that, I don't want to hear about how "it'd never work in public schools where everybody has to go and you can't kick the bad apples out."

Two words: Class size. Ask any teacher.

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Why Aren’t Prep Schools Following Corporate Reforms? By diane ravitch [View all] Jefferson23 Jan 2014 OP

Watch what the 1% do Demeter Jan 2014 #1

Someone from the US Dept of Ed tell me with a straight face this information does not Jefferson23 Jan 2014 #2

I sent my kids to the best prep school I could find. rgbecker Jan 2014 #3

Also, "Let teachers teach!" Squinch Jan 2014 #4

Yes elleng Jan 2014 #7

Ditto elleng Jan 2014 #6

Obama's education policies are a disaster. I should never have voted for him. Orlandodem Jan 2014 #5

Not smart, to sit out elections. elleng Jan 2014 #8

Picking one guy to be president out of 250 million who could be involves some compromise. rgbecker Jan 2014 #9

Not much different with Obama's plan: turn public money over to corporate charters. Orlandodem Jan 2014 #10

"Disaster" is understating the situation. lutefisk Jan 2014 #11

I got fooled the first time.... AnneD Feb 2014 #12