Conservative-friendly schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are in public schools and I’m concerned about the level of political/ideological indoctrination they are getting. I’m not even particularly conservative myself by the standards of ten years ago, but am uncomfortable with the nonstop promotion of LGBTQ and also by history/social studies getting 90% swallowed up by lessons about racism, the civil rights movement, etc. Yes these things happened but they are not the only things that happened and you are actually not getting a good education in history or social studies if you think black-white relations in the US constitute all of human history.

We are considering private schools, but I’m concerned it’s going to be a similar story there. What private schools offer a more balanced approach and are open to ideological diversity? Would it mostly be the mid level Catholic schools vs the fancy schools? We are not Catholic or religious so I’m uncertain about those.

Thanks, and looking to get actual advice here vs starting a big political argument so won’t respond to posts that try to do that

Good we don’t want idiots in public school


Balanced approach your poor kids being raised by you. There is no reality any religious private gives a balanced approach their mission is to indoctrinate into that religion.
No teacher has time to groom your kid.

I am tired of these absurd posts

DP.

So you contribute by adding an absurd post, calling the OP an idiot. Name calling usually is an attempt to disguise a poor argument.

I teach in a Catholic high school. 1/2 our students aren’t Catholic. I teach English. Religion only comes up when we discuss Biblical allusions, which (incidentally) I also discussed when I taught in public schools. It is not my job to indoctrinate students into Catholicism. It’s my job to teach writing and literary analysis.

If the OP is looking for balance, a Catholic school is a good choice. Yes, students are exposed to religion, which often looks like a large emphasis on community service. Perhaps that’s our indoctrination?

Why does anyone think teachers at public or other independent schools have a different mission or job? This is such right wing tripe to besmirch public and independent school education and educators with the whole "indoctrination" thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I identify as a moderate Democrat, and this post—per usual re: DC politic divide—disheartens me. I do not think anyone who identifies as conservative is a racist homophobe, but that is the reaction from the DC left. I don’t think if you ID as conservative you need to send your to The Heights. I would welcome you with open arms at our school and hope that the respectful dialogue would lead my own child to develop his own beliefs and opinions.

NP and would you mind sharing your school? We feel similar to OP and voicing any concerns is often met with hate rather than an open discussion. We are not religious and my children are currently taking classes online at Liberty. Yes, it is known for extremely conservative and religious but overall we have found subjects stick to core academics. They do need to take one bible class each year.

I would love to have them in person again and looked into the Heights but we can’t make that commute.

[Anonymous]

OP, you may want to try a non-denominational Christian school, or a homeschool group that has drop off classes and teachers.

[Anonymous]

DP. FWIW, I am sick of the various culture wars, and of the lack of civility inside the beltway. I do not care for the left culture war or the right culture war, yet I see both exist. Similarly, outside metro DC, most of educated society does not talk or obsess about politics on a daily basis. People talk about other stuff, like kids, sports, books, hobbies, etc.

If the above is how OP feels, then I sympathize with the feeling. I would like a school that focuses on reading, writing, arithmetic, and teaching all of our history (good and bad) not just selective history in either a left or right perspective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids are in public schools and I’m concerned about the level of political/ideological indoctrination they are getting. I’m not even particularly conservative myself by the standards of ten years ago, but am uncomfortable with the nonstop promotion of LGBTQ and also by history/social studies getting 90% swallowed up by lessons about racism, the civil rights movement, etc. Yes these things happened but they are not the only things that happened and you are actually not getting a good education in history or social studies if you think black-white relations in the US constitute all of human history.

We are considering private schools, but I’m concerned it’s going to be a similar story there. What private schools offer a more balanced approach and are open to ideological diversity? Would it mostly be the mid level Catholic schools vs the fancy schools? We are not Catholic or religious so I’m uncertain about those.

Thanks, and looking to get actual advice here vs starting a big political argument so won’t respond to posts that try to do that

Good we don’t want idiots in public school


Balanced approach your poor kids being raised by you. There is no reality any religious private gives a balanced approach their mission is to indoctrinate into that religion.
No teacher has time to groom your kid.

I am tired of these absurd posts

DP.

So you contribute by adding an absurd post, calling the OP an idiot. Name calling usually is an attempt to disguise a poor argument.

I teach in a Catholic high school. 1/2 our students aren’t Catholic. I teach English. Religion only comes up when we discuss Biblical allusions, which (incidentally) I also discussed when I taught in public schools. It is not my job to indoctrinate students into Catholicism. It’s my job to teach writing and literary analysis.

If the OP is looking for balance, a Catholic school is a good choice. Yes, students are exposed to religion, which often looks like a large emphasis on community service. Perhaps that’s our indoctrination?

Why does anyone think teachers at public or other independent schools have a different mission or job? This is such right wing tripe to besmirch public and independent school education and educators with the whole "indoctrination" thing.

DP: Your post doesn't seem to follow this ... were you responding to something else?

[Anonymous]

The woman I know who went to Oakcrest has not a single good thing to say about. And she was a faculty child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I identify as a moderate Democrat, and this post—per usual re: DC politic divide—disheartens me. I do not think anyone who identifies as conservative is a racist homophobe, but that is the reaction from the DC left. I don’t think if you ID as conservative you need to send your to The Heights. I would welcome you with open arms at our school and hope that the respectful dialogue would lead my own child to develop his own beliefs and opinions.

NP and would you mind sharing your school? We feel similar to OP and voicing any concerns is often met with hate rather than an open discussion. We are not religious and my children are currently taking classes online at Liberty. Yes, it is known for extremely conservative and religious but overall we have found subjects stick to core academics. They do need to take one bible class each year.

I would love to have them in person again and looked into the Heights but we can’t make that commute.

Yeah, wowsers, Liberty is a bridge too far for me. That’s a whole other land of conservative that I cannot relate to. In my ideal, we will send you to an island with the DC leftists and you can all scream at each other where the rest of the world moves on, happily.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NCS teaches LGBTQ studies classes, just an FYI.

Also, NCS has stopped addressing parents about their “daughters”. It is always about your “student”. I do find this irritating because we are at an all girls school. You have a transgender son, I really, really don’t care. But if the administrators referring to the student body collectively as “girls”, “Young women” or “daughters” offends you or causes you to complain, maybe send them to a co-ed school??

That is not true. We have attended several school functions this year and they mentioned "girls" and "daughters" multiple times.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moderate democrat here, and we are at STA.

+1. Our extended family has put kids through STA and SAES. Look at Episcopal schools.

STA is not socially conservative, per se. The school has an annual diversity day and provides students with school time to attend affinity groups. Also, the Episcopal Dicoese of Washington is very supportive of the BLM and LGBTQ equality movements, as well as reasonable gun bans and control.

Yeah. So they’re sensible and welcoming and moderate and they don’t hate people. Couldn’t do it better imo. And to a prior poster’s point, very rigorous. The education is classical and excellent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are in public schools and I’m concerned about the level of political/ideological indoctrination they are getting. I’m not even particularly conservative myself by the standards of ten years ago, but am uncomfortable with the nonstop promotion of LGBTQ and also by history/social studies getting 90% swallowed up by lessons about racism, the civil rights movement, etc. Yes these things happened but they are not the only things that happened and you are actually not getting a good education in history or social studies if you think black-white relations in the US constitute all of human history.

We are considering private schools, but I’m concerned it’s going to be a similar story there. What private schools offer a more balanced approach and are open to ideological diversity? Would it mostly be the mid level Catholic schools vs the fancy schools? We are not Catholic or religious so I’m uncertain about those.

Thanks, and looking to get actual advice here vs starting a big political argument so won’t respond to posts that try to do that

Catholics make sense. Or you may want to leave the one-party DMV bubble and live in a more diverse community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Political/ideological indoctrination is not happening in public schools. They are supporting a small percentage of kids who are LGBTQ+

You want conservative, go with the perennial favorite Opus Deu, The Heights. Otherwise, Catholic or home school

Oh ok. So when I ask the school how they teach the various subjects and they constantly site "being progressive, LGBTQ friendly, etc" instead of bringing up various teaching methods it's not over the top? God forbid I want my children being taught the SUBSTANCE of math, not just hammering the history and sociology of mathematicians. Also, not all of us believe that "skills taught in a sequence" is racist and same goes with "showing your work".

I can't wait to see in 10-15 years all these uneducated, unskilled kids of woke parents while the offspring of the moderate and reasonable run circles around them....

[Anonymous]

Since when don’t Catholic schools care about systemic racism? That’s not the Catholic education that I received, nor is it the education being provided in diocesan schools today:

https://www.bishopoconnell.org/about/diversity-equity-and-unity

Give Catholics a little credit please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Political/ideological indoctrination is not happening in public schools. They are supporting a small percentage of kids who are LGBTQ+

You want conservative, go with the perennial favorite Opus Deu, The Heights. Otherwise, Catholic or home school

Oh ok. So when I ask the school how they teach the various subjects and they constantly site "being progressive, LGBTQ friendly, etc" instead of bringing up various teaching methods it's not over the top? God forbid I want my children being taught the SUBSTANCE of math, not just hammering the history and sociology of mathematicians. Also, not all of us believe that "skills taught in a sequence" is racist and same goes with "showing your work".

I can't wait to see in 10-15 years all these uneducated, unskilled kids of woke parents while the offspring of the moderate and reasonable run circles around them....

You live in a dream world, LOL. What kind of strawman-ass school doesn't teach showing work because it's racist? Dumb as hell, my most rigorous and effective math teacher as a kid was gay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Political/ideological indoctrination is not happening in public schools. They are supporting a small percentage of kids who are LGBTQ+

You want conservative, go with the perennial favorite Opus Deu, The Heights. Otherwise, Catholic or home school

Oh ok. So when I ask the school how they teach the various subjects and they constantly site "being progressive, LGBTQ friendly, etc" instead of bringing up various teaching methods it's not over the top? God forbid I want my children being taught the SUBSTANCE of math, not just hammering the history and sociology of mathematicians. Also, not all of us believe that "skills taught in a sequence" is racist and same goes with "showing your work".

I can't wait to see in 10-15 years all these uneducated, unskilled kids of woke parents while the offspring of the moderate and reasonable run circles around them....

You live in a dream world, LOL. What kind of strawman-ass school doesn't teach showing work because it's racist? Dumb as hell, my most rigorous and effective math teacher as a kid was gay.

No offense, pp, but your experience at school when you were a kid is not very relevant to what’s happening in the classroom today. If you have more current information to share, please do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moderate democrat here, and we are at STA.

+1. Our extended family has put kids through STA and SAES. Look at Episcopal schools.

STA is not socially conservative, per se. The school has an annual diversity day and provides students with school time to attend affinity groups. Also, the Episcopal Dicoese of Washington is very supportive of the BLM and LGBTQ equality movements, as well as reasonable gun bans and control.

As well as reparations.