Comments on: Jay Lemons: Tough Times Require Great Teachers and Schools http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/jay-lemons-tough-times-require-great-teachers-and-schools/ Education News Fri, 17 May 2013 18:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tired teacher http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/jay-lemons-tough-times-require-great-teachers-and-schools/#comment-9827 tired teacher Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:15:35 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=214460#comment-9827 they "earn" money by taking only the students of motivated parents, ignoring those who don't speak English or require special education services, and kicking out students that don't follow their strict guidelines. all things a public school can't do. then you compare the two? then you justify their sucking the financial blood from our community public schools? right. maybe parents go to them based on the hundreds of thousands of dollars they spend on advertising? or the propaganda test questions placed into tests about them by companies like scantron. they “earn” money by taking only the students of motivated parents, ignoring those who don’t speak English or require special education services, and kicking out students that don’t follow their strict guidelines.

all things a public school can’t do.

then you compare the two? then you justify their sucking the financial blood from our community public schools?

right. maybe parents go to them based on the hundreds of thousands of dollars they spend on advertising? or the propaganda test questions placed into tests about them by companies like scantron.

]]> By: Jay http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/jay-lemons-tough-times-require-great-teachers-and-schools/#comment-9819 Jay Thu, 07 Jun 2012 04:21:03 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=214460#comment-9819 Charter schools don't take money, they earn it from parents who have decided they do a better job educating their children. Regular public schools can't seem to understand this. Charter schools don’t take money, they earn it from parents who have decided they do a better job educating their children. Regular public schools can’t seem to understand this.

]]> By: mcp_43 http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/jay-lemons-tough-times-require-great-teachers-and-schools/#comment-9807 mcp_43 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:34:50 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=214460#comment-9807 Charter and magnet schools are public schools. The money is being moved from one public school to another public school. Charter and magnet schools are public schools. The money is being moved from one public school to another public school.

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