Charter School Failures in Ohio

[Airstrip One]

Lol at 3 percent Catholic.

It's for the partaking in beverages with substantially more than 3% of their content being of the spirit.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

But it would be much cheaper for them to pay a little more in taxes and improve public schools.

???....did you think public schools would improve if you just give them more money?.......

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

Jesus Christ dude. You cited the Wall Street Journal. They are basing their evaluation of their cost of education and not performance. Why don't you try a little more objective reference.

And I'll give Arkansas props. They have made tremendous improvement in recent years at the high school level. So have Kentucky and Tennessee...but as you can see....most of the South is at the bottom. In terms of total educational attainment they still have a long way to go.

In completing a high school diploma, 8 of the worst 10 states are southern. Including Arkansas

Same with completing undergraduate degrees. 8 of the worst 10 are in the south.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_educational_attainment

Wow... you went to simple graduation rates? Because no one passes illiterate people to keep those up. I mean, why look at college prep, testing, etc... when you can just look at graduation rates. Good call mutt.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Wow... you went to simple graduation rates? Because no one passes illiterate people to keep those up. I mean, why look at college prep, testing, etc... when you can just look at graduation rates. Good call mutt.

Uhh last I heard...and correct me if I'm wrong here....but isn't that rather the purpose of education to turn illiterate people into literate ones?

Regardless, this is a distraction from the main point that the data is strongly indicating that the Charter School experiment appears to be a failed one.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Ironically the catholic school taught both my sons to fight better than their dad the boxer black belt ever could.

How else were they ever going to get any meat on Fridays?

 

[Mott the Hoople]

I live in Southern Point, which is just across the Pickaway county line. My children would normally go to Teays Valley Schools. I work for Capital University and my wife works for Columbus State, so we pretty much get near free college tuition for our children.

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Cool! My respect for you just went way up.

You're not far from Commercial Point then.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Suburban schools are superior everywhere. The worst public schools are the urban and rural ones.

Sad but true.

 

[Canceled.2014.2]

You're not far from Commercial Point then.

About two miles north, actually.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

About two miles north, actually.

I used to ride a lot in that area. Love the Darby Creek river valley. It's a beautiful place to live.

 

[Cancel 2016.2]

Uhh last I heard...and correct me if I'm wrong here....but isn't that rather the purpose of education to turn illiterate people into literate ones?

Regardless, this is a distraction from the main point that the data is strongly indicating that the Charter School experiment appears to be a failed one.

1) Yes... but graduation does not equate to literate. That was the point. If graduation rate was all that was needed to determine it, these studies wouldn't include all the variables they do.

2) No, the data suggests no such thing.

 

[Canceled.2014.2]

I used to ride a lot in that area. Love the Darby Creek river valley. It's a beautiful place to live.

Most of Ohio is. Don't tell Cowacko, but I actually love living here...even if I do give the place a hard time from time to time.