[Vision2020] Interesting Report by S&P on Michigan's Govt Schools

[Melynda Huskey]

Dale says:
"My point was that private schools can produce twice the "product" for half 
the money. We would *all* be better off by going with the lower-cost, better 
product."

I must have missed the part where demonstrating the fine achievements of 
recent Logos School graduates allowed us to draw the conclusion that all 
private school grads are superior to (much less twice as good as) their 
public school counterparts.  We haven't even established how we'd control a 
data set for comparisons . . .or why we'd want to.

And I can't let the assertion pass that we'd all be better off if we just 
sent our kids to Logos--while it might be a good choice for some folks, it'd 
be a pretty awful fit for my kids (I'm guessing *Heather has Two Mommies* 
isn't in the school library).

But of course all of this begs another question--and I'm asking myself, not 
just you all--

Why are we still having this argument?

What's in it for us?  What's our goal?  Why are some of us so invested in 
this particular debate?  And what are we achieving with it?

Some rhetorical questions (in both senses of that much-maligned word),

Melynda



"The things that make us happy make us wise."  John Crowley





>>My point was that private schools can produce twice the "product" for half
>the money. We would *all* be better off by going with the lower-cost, 
>better
>product. If I could take my educational money that's being taxed (~ $6,000)
>and give that to a private school charging $3,000, then we'd all be better
>off (you would pay 50% less in taxes and I woulnd't have to pay tuition for
>4 kids out of pocket).
>
> > And aren't Pell Grants based on financial need? Speaking from past
> > experience...
>
>You are right. I should have removed all of the financial grants from that
>list. My apologies. It was intended to be a scholastic merit list, not a
>financial needs list.
>
>Dale Courtney
>Moscow, Idaho
>
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