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Why do so many public school teachers sent their own children to private schools?

wordpress ^ | August 11, 2012 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

Posted on by grundle

The Washington Times reports:

Nationwide, public school teachers are almost twice as likely as other parents to choose private schools for their own children, the study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found. More than 1 in 5 public school teachers said their children attend private schools.

In Washington (28 percent), Baltimore (35 percent) and 16 other major cities, the figure is more than 1 in 4. In some cities, nearly half of the children of public school teachers have abandoned public schools.

In Philadelphia, 44 percent of the teachers put their children in private schools; in Cincinnati, 41 percent; Chicago, 39 percent; Rochester, N.Y., 38 percent. The same trends showed up in the San Francisco-Oakland area, where 34 percent of public school teachers chose private schools for their children; 33 percent in New York City and New Jersey suburbs; and 29 percent in Milwaukee and New Orleans.

Wow! Thats a huge percentage of public school teachers who send their own children to private schools. I wonder why they do that. Lets see what the education bureaucrats have to say about this. The article continues:

Michael Pons, spokesman for the National Education Association, the 2.7-million-member public school union, declined a request for comment on the studys findings. The American Federation of Teachers also declined to comment.

Of course those bureaucrats have no comment. Can you imagine the CEO of Coco-Cola being caught drinking Pepsi? Or the CEO of Ford being caught driving a Toyota? Or Bill Gates being caught using Linux? Any of those incidents would be hugely embarrassing. So of course the bureaucrats who run the teachers unions dont want to explain why so many public school teachers send their own children to private schools.

The teachers who work in the public schools know a lot about how good or bad those public schools are. So the fact that so many public school teachers send their own children to private schools tells us a lot about how good or bad the public schools are.



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To: grundle

Oops! That should be “send” not “sent.”



To: grundle

Nobody is more aware of the shortcomings of public school education than the teachers themselves.



To: grundle

They know better than anyone the quality of the education available at the public schools.



by 4 posted onby gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)

To: grundle

Mods can fix that if you ask.



by 5 posted onby upchuck ("Definition of 'racist:' someone that is winning an argument with a liberal." ~ Peter Brimelow)

To: grundle

I imagine it would be like someone working in a Chicago slaughterhouse becoming vegetarian—perfectly understandable.



To: VoiceOfBruck

Nobody is more aware of the shortcomings of public school education than the teachers themselves.

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yes. and many of them are good conservative teachers.

but many are liberals, who KNOW the truth,

and yet fight against parents who want vouchers, etc.,

to be able to send their children to a decent school,

without the constant threat of violence, etc.

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many policemen and firemen, are required, by contract,

to live in the district they work.

...public school teachers, who belong to unions,

should be REQUIRED

to send their own children to public schools.



by 7 posted onby Elendur (It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. - Thomas Jefferson)

To: grundle

Its a job?

A pretty good job for the vast majority.

Pays better than the average with good bennies.

That is if you are not a teacher in some kind of urban liberal hell hole.

Otherwise, you get three month of a year and the good month,too.

Frankly, I don’t rate public school teachers much above tour guides or someone who works in a recreational dept.



To: grundle

Why? Because most public schools SUCK! They would know best.



To: 9YearLurker

>”I imagine it would be like someone working in a Chicago slaughterhouse becoming vegetarianperfectly understandable”< I’m no expert on this, but I think you have a shot at Post of the Day. A very concise observation IMHO.



by 10 posted onby Kickass Conservative (Republicans Hope people are Smart, but Democrats Know people are Stupid.)

To: 9YearLurker

I imagine it would be like someone working in a Chicago slaughterhouse becoming vegetarianperfectly understandable. well said. who knows, they might even get tuition assistance as benefit.



by 11 posted onby the invisib1e hand (At what point does an escalated effort to remove this traitor commence, and what form does it take?)

To: grundle

That’s a trick question? Right?



To: Leep

Frankly, I dont rate public school teachers much above tour guides or someone who works in a recreational dept. As with most government jobs, teachers almost cannot be fired, regardless of how terrible they are short of criminal conduct. However, many public school teachers do absolutely wonderful work, taking pride in teaching their students well. That varies tremendously by school district, but we have excellent, politically-neutral public schools in my area.



by 13 posted onby Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)

To: VoiceOfBruck

I got that feeling when I heard 2 teachers in a neighboring suburban town talk about how they home school their children. They wouldn’t even send their own kids to the same school they teach in. If that isn’t an indictment of the public education system I don’t know what is.



To: grundle

"Oops! That should be send not sent." That's OK ... for a public school kid. /8^)



by 15 posted onby knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)

To: grundle

Public teachers send their kids to private schools because: 1. They know the public schools have poor standards and by and large are pure sh— when it comes to educating children. 2. They make enough money to send their kids to private schools. They make enough money because they are public school teachers. 3. They love their children and do not want them to be subjected to the “Clockwork Orange” that is public education.



by 16 posted onby cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)

To: grundle

"Why do so many public school teachers sent their own children to private schools? " ........to ask the question is to answer it Grasshopper.



by 17 posted onby wesagain (The God (Elohim) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the One True GOD.)

To: Pollster1

However, many public school teachers do absolutely wonderful work, taking pride in teaching their students well.

If I had to guess I would say 1 in 4? Forgive my terrible grammar btw...:)



To: cpdiii

Public teachers send their kids to private schools because

Not to mention being the daughter or the son of a teacher is often not a pleasant experience.

Especially, if your mom or dad is not well liked.



To: Leep

If I had to guess I would say 1 in 4? I think the odds are much better than that. Even at that ratio, it's not a reason to avoid public schools, not when we know that the bad teachers are concentrated in some schools and the good teachers in others. It's a reason to choose schools carefully if you're not going to homeschool, and to seriously consider homeschooling in certain areas.



by 20 posted onby Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)

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