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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools are for social learning
Tutors and home is for academics[/quote]

How come private schools can teach more effectively than public schools when it comes to K-3?

Will mcps please hire a consultant to propose changes to the curriculum that will allow public schools to challenge and equip students the way catholic schools do?

Note: catholic schools arguably have far less funding and less trained teachers, yet students quickly learn to read, spell, understand grammar, write in cursive, etc. Heck, they even learn a foreign language! Class sizes at area catholic schools skyrocketed during the pandemic, so they know how to handle big classes. And ICYMI: bipoc families are scrambling to get into area privates as the mass exodus from mcps continues.

Don’t say “Catholic schools can expel troublemakers!”

We are talking about K-3, not middle school or MS13 high school.

I went to Catholic school in the 70s/80s…before adhd and medicated kids were a thing. We had a smattering of kids who definitely had behavior issues. Nonetheless, everyone learned.

Heck, at this point I’d support uniforms, desks in rows, and classrooms grouped by ability. Worth a shot, no? Pilot an old school curriculum and see what happens. Be sure to incorporate grammar (we had spelling workbooks that incorporated vocabulary and grammar). I bet the kids will outpace their counterparts.

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Privates aren't 35%+ ESM students with the addition of students with behavioral issues. They won't even admit kids with behavioral issues. These situations are not comparable.[/quote]

Exactly this.  Private schools get to pick and choose their kids and families.  Anyone who doesn’t like their curriculum, rules, process, guess what there is the door.  Even if the class size is the same, the total enrollment is significant less.  A K-5 Private might only have 300 students whereas my local elementary has 640.  A Private might have two teachers in a K-3 class (which I think should be the case) but a public school might have to use those teachers just to be sure every class has a teacher.  A private Catholic can mandate that every family volunteer 20hrs per year.   And let’s no forget cost.  Catholic schools are heavily subsidized by their diocese which in turns is subsidized by the Catholic Church.[/quote]

NP - It was the "education experts" who continue to push large schools, despite research showing that kids do better in smaller schools.  It was the "experts" who started pushing parent volunteers out of classrooms.  It was the "experts" who made classroom management so much more difficult by eliminating tracking, eliminating schools for kids with behavioral problems, etc.  It was the "experts" who think restorative justice will deter violence and disrespect.

So tired of the false "compassion" that continues to lower and lower expectations for both kids and parents.  If your child is a constant disruption to the learning of others, there need to be consequences.[/quote]

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