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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where does the money go?  I'm a public school teacher in a small district that parents love.  We send our children to private school because I know our district does not provide adequate planning time or adequate training.  What do our children get in an expensive private school?  They get a ratio of 1:8.  Their teachers have 2 or 3 prep blocks per day.  Teachers in our children's school get training sessions for half day each week.

In my public middle school, I, and other teachers, get 3 prep periods per week and 25 - 30 students per class.  Training?  We get two PD days per year.  As a language arts teacher, it's difficult for me to give authentic, helpful feedback on my students' writing pieces every week because I teach 105 students.  At my children's school, the teachers have no more than 30 - 40 students for the entire year.

I see amazing skill, talent, and dedication among my colleagues.  I know l'm just as talented and devoted.  With class sizes that small, frequent training sessions, much smaller loads, and real prep time, how can we public school educators offer as much as the privates do?
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+1 My wife is a public school teacher and after touring a few schools she was adamant that our kids will go to private and she was dismayed that she doesn't have the opportunity to teach in an environment with an abundance of resources.[/quote]

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