Ankeny's 3rd high school is supposed to be an "innovative secondary hub" of sorts that students from both high schools can attend in block increments and still play sports for their resident building. It's about 5-8 years from opening
TPH Academy opening school in Norwalk in June
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Agree. I think the biggest factor in determining how well someone does in school or how good of an education they get, is their parents. Funding doesn't change that. If you have a kid whos parents are involved with their education, push them in school, help them read, learn math, ect.. at home, they could be in a one room school house with a dirt floor and a single slate chalk board, and they will get a good education if they have a decent teacher. It all starts in the home. If the parents don't give a ****, the kid wont either. Parents need to be active participants in their kid's education, at least to some degree.
It's not just privates, in places that have both poor and wealthy schools like in the DM metro, open enrollment has done the same thing. Even things like having parental support to go through the process or drive their kid to school out of the district has concentrated kids at publics with more resources. There's some of this in rural areas. People I grew up with in NW IA take their kids 25 plus miles to a bigger public school because there just aren't the programs available at the small school in the district. I think the latter is a different problem with different ways to address it, but ultimately students are getting concentrated in schools based mostly on economics and home situation, which completely drive student performance. Then the funding concentrates with them, and we've got a snowball effect.
So it's a problem, but as a parent I'm glad those options exist. I have not used them, but if I felt like it was best I would. I don't begrudge any parent for putting their kids in a private school or open enrolling.
What are we even paying these teachers for when it’s the parents doing all of the work?
Even if this is true how does it follow that public funds should go to a private hockey school or really any private school. Spend the per pupil funding lost from kids moving to private schools on roads or bridges or drinkable water.
Chicago public schools spend $29,000 per student. Double Iowa? Someone can confirm/dispute this.
The Chicago Teachers Union President publicly announced last year she is sending her son to a private school for "educational and soccer purposes."
I took my kids out of the private system as they had an average AP program. I sent them to an inferior public system, in total, but had an excellent AP program. Also, the diversity was better at the public school.
It is a complicated topic and money spent isn't the only issue.
The public school dilemma is everywhere, not just Iowa, and that is why we are in a "revolution," imo.
Absolutely. The problem is the students leaving means the money follows them to the school, and the schools with the students with the biggest struggles lose the most money.
The problem is the policies are set up as a way to reward schools that already have the best students with the best home lives and economic situations, allow them to attract the good students from the worse schools and keep getting more money.
Oh, and what's really great is a public school can say, sorry we're full, we can't take any more open enrollment, but we can consider them on a case by case basis. So you have public schools in high cost of living areas that are generally well off acting like something between a private and a typical public.
Public funds should follow the student they are meant for. Why should public funds go to a school the student isn't attending? Say Johnston schools lose 25% of their student body to private schools over a 10 year period. They should still have the same funding?
Why should my tax dollars go to a school that can reject teaching my son who has special needs?
Agreed, schools shouldn't be paid for with taxes. Now we're talking. All private.
The local school just spent 3/4MM on a track renovation for 2 meets a year. They really went all out. The reasoning was they had too many funds in a certain account. I asked why not use those funds for solar panels (it was an option with these funds) and that would free up general funds that could be used anywhere. I got crickets basically. The administration are big track people, so I wasn’t going to get a response.
No...education isn't a public good and therefore should not be publicly funded. Doesn't everyone already know this?
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If all education is private, how is someone without the means supposed to afford tuition?
Which to me is just dumb. Just make another high school.
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