Religion and Education: Indispensible?

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What do you think??
  1. All things being equal, is there a “good, better, best” way for our kids to be educated??
2)If the money wasn’t an issue, would you take your kid out of public school or keep him/her there?? Why??
  1. What do see is the state of education today??
4)Are Catholic schools doing their jobs?? How much better are they than public schools?? Why??
  1. If you had to choose between homeschooling, private Catholic schools, publicly funded charter/alternative school, or standard public, what would you choose?? Why?
Yeah, your answers to each question may overlap each other. But however you see it, write it!
 
I ask this because our Parish Hall is looking to rent out classroom space. And the choices are:

1)Making rooms available for our hoomschooling network

2)Allowing a new Catholic school to rent out the space.

3)A proposal to allow a charter school to use the premises.

There are obvious financial and spiritual pros and cons to weigh with these things. Just looking to hear so thoughts…
 
I think that all your questions relate back to the community in which one lives. Some educational standards are great in some areas, but lacking in others. Some religious ed programs are great in some areas, but lacking in others. Some Catholic schools are great in some areas, may be lacking in others. Therefore I don’t think one outside your area could really say what is the best for your community.

Another great thing for the rental space is to have an after-school or latch-key program that could be faith based! All the choices look postive, though!

But for you questions and how it would relate to me…
In the area that I live in, I prefer to keep my kids in the ‘public school system’ which is actually run by the Department of Defense (DoDEA). We are a military family and move often and the DoDEA curriculum is the same no matter where we move - preventing educational gaps such as living in one school district where mulitiplication is taught in fourth grade, but moving to a district that teaches it in third grade, but now your child is in fourth grade and behind! Believe me, it happens (I taught in a religious school near a military post and have seen it). I also like that in a DoDEA school system all the kids are in the same boat - move often so most children are very accepting of mid year move-ins/move-outs and can find comfort in the stability and support of a school system when one or both of their parents become deployed.

Now, if I lived in the middle of NYC I would think a bit before sending my kids to a public school (sorry to anyone that lives out there - I would need to research it a bit before making any conclusions).

Again, I think it is really up to where you live (and the temperment of the parent/child) to make the decision of best educational practice.
 
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