[rescue] Cooling (Long Message, sorry)

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 07:45:14AM -0500, Linc Fessenden wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> 
> > It's not the winos, it's the teachers and the overpaid school
> > maladministrators who just got slapped around big time by the state
> > board appointed to take over the Philly schools.  
> > 
> > One out of every 5 schools is being handed over to either a university
> > or a private for-profit organization to run.
> 
> That's because for some reason the teachers can't seem to teach the kids
> english or math in PA... They keep failing their standardised tests.  My
> daughter goes to public school and I wish I could afford to send her to
> private school - I'd like to see her actually get an education.

Well, there is always homeschooling.  PA is more friendly than most states 
about it. 

Or, there are the internet charter schools.  I've heard good reports from 
people who use them, despite the broohaha over the einstein academy.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd