Conservative-friendly schools?

[Anonymous]

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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.

Youngkin’s two older sons graduated from STA. Daughter graduated from NCS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Youngkin’s two older sons graduated from STA. Daughter graduated from NCS.

Typical do as I say, not as I do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Hardly unusual that the topic of conversation reflects an area's dominant industry. Bet you get relatively more car talk in Detroit than elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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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 I live in the world now. Things that were perfectly acceptable years ago are now not. Wake up

[Anonymous]

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the nonstop promotion of LGBTQ and also by history/social studies getting 90% swallowed up by lessons about racism, the civil rights movement, etc.

It's difficult to take you seriously when you speak in hyperbole. "Nonstop"? "90%" This might be why your post has received such negative responses. I call troll.

And if you're not, I recommend moving out of major metropolitan areas as your unfounded hostility toward minority communities is no longer socially acceptable.

100% of the 2022 Deal MS summer reading list for 8th grade were books about racism. 100%. My kids home room had BLM flag, trans flag, picture of RBG and two Obama pictures on the wall. That’s the definition of nonstop. Critical thinking is completely stifled at DCPS schools.

[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

If you are not religious, what is the basis of your homophobia?

Try the Heights for a boy and Holy Child for a girl. You might not be catholic but you'll fit in with the families there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1

[Anonymous]

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the nonstop promotion of LGBTQ and also by history/social studies getting 90% swallowed up by lessons about racism, the civil rights movement, etc.

It's difficult to take you seriously when you speak in hyperbole. "Nonstop"? "90%" This might be why your post has received such negative responses. I call troll.

And if you're not, I recommend moving out of major metropolitan areas as your unfounded hostility toward minority communities is no longer socially acceptable.

100% of the 2022 Deal MS summer reading list for 8th grade were books about racism. 100%. My kids home room had BLM flag, trans flag, picture of RBG and two Obama pictures on the wall. That’s the definition of nonstop. Critical thinking is completely stifled at DCPS schools.

Cue the “it’s not happening but also it is and that’s fine” posts

[Anonymous]

The need for conservatives to bolster their bubbles and surround themselves with like-minded people and avoid cognitive dissonance at all costs is really remarkable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The need for conservatives to bolster their bubbles and surround themselves with like-minded people and avoid cognitive dissonance at all costs is really remarkable.

Equally applicable to the far left.

[Anonymous]

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

If you are not religious, what is the basis of your homophobia?

Try the Heights for a boy and Holy Child for a girl. You might not be catholic but you'll fit in with the families there.

100%

[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

If you are not religious, what is the basis of your homophobia?

Try the Heights for a boy and Holy Child for a girl. You might not be catholic but you'll fit in with the families there.

Just expect that your kids will run far in the opposite direction from those schools’ teachings right after graduation day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The need for conservatives to bolster their bubbles and surround themselves with like-minded people and avoid cognitive dissonance at all costs is really remarkable.

Equally applicable to the far left.

Not so much. People on the left tend to be quite tolerant of conservative views and even relish good-faith debates. The problem is they won't tolerate conservative intolerance and bigotry, and liberals tend to love America so are skeptical of right-wingers who seem hell-bent on insurrection and fascist Christian nationalism. They're also unimpressed with the persecution complex that some right-wingers seem to have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The need for conservatives to bolster their bubbles and surround themselves with like-minded people and avoid cognitive dissonance at all costs is really remarkable.

Equally applicable to the far left.

Not so much. People on the left tend to be quite tolerant of conservative views and even relish good-faith debates. The problem is they won't tolerate conservative intolerance and bigotry, and liberals tend to love America so are skeptical of right-wingers who seem hell-bent on insurrection and fascist Christian nationalism. They're also unimpressed with the persecution complex that some right-wingers seem to have.

As evidenced by the repeated accusations thrown here about white supremacy? That sort of jumping to the worst conclusions based on this sort of OP is the definition of intolerance to different viewpoints.