Comments on: Time on Task http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/20/time-on-task/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:20:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Brian Crosby http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/20/time-on-task/#comment-11153 Brian Crosby Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:55:04 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/20/time-on-task/#comment-11153 Oh-man the "private schools do it better and cheaper" nonsense arguement. I've taught at "successful" private schools (Catholic) both in high income and inner city low, low income areas - for less pay - and yes they had higher test scores - they also did not take any students that caused them "problems" (at least not for long), didn't take the students with health or other issues they weren't already set to deal with (my school district has some students that cost over $50,000 per year each to take care of for health or other issues). They also had a high teacher turnover rate ("soon as I can get a higher paying position...") or were staffed by teachers whose spouse made more money than they needed so making money wasn't why they were teaching, which works great unless you have to staff ALL schools. They don't get the job done for less because of things they do that are transferable to all schools, they get the job done for less because they pay people less, get church support, tend to get the most committed parents out of whatever area they live in - HMMM less pay and perks - why don't we do that with CEO's and management of companies and corporations? We would all pay less for products and services and our pay would go further - it's a totally lame arguement made by people that don't think about HOW they do it for less. (disclaimer - this has been argued ad naseum for years and I've only made the most simplistic of points here to save time - we probably aren't going to agree). If money doesn't matter why do some people send their kids to schools that cost $5,000 per month or more or look for homes in the highest income areas of a city where the "best" schools are??? I think private schools are great - they have their place and serve their purpose, and often fill an important niche - but many things they do don't transfer to ALL schools so making that jump is not constructive. Oh-man the “private schools do it better and cheaper” nonsense arguement. I’ve taught at “successful” private schools (Catholic) both in high income and inner city low, low income areas - for less pay - and yes they had higher test scores - they also did not take any students that caused them “problems” (at least not for long), didn’t take the students with health or other issues they weren’t already set to deal with (my school district has some students that cost over $50,000 per year each to take care of for health or other issues). They also had a high teacher turnover rate (”soon as I can get a higher paying position…”) or were staffed by teachers whose spouse made more money than they needed so making money wasn’t why they were teaching, which works great unless you have to staff ALL schools. They don’t get the job done for less because of things they do that are transferable to all schools, they get the job done for less because they pay people less, get church support, tend to get the most committed parents out of whatever area they live in - HMMM less pay and perks - why don’t we do that with CEO’s and management of companies and corporations? We would all pay less for products and services and our pay would go further - it’s a totally lame arguement made by people that don’t think about HOW they do it for less. (disclaimer - this has been argued ad naseum for years and I’ve only made the most simplistic of points here to save time - we probably aren’t going to agree). If money doesn’t matter why do some people send their kids to schools that cost $5,000 per month or more or look for homes in the highest income areas of a city where the “best” schools are??? I think private schools are great - they have their place and serve their purpose, and often fill an important niche - but many things they do don’t transfer to ALL schools so making that jump is not constructive.

]]> By: Brian http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/20/time-on-task/#comment-11108 Brian Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:30:58 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/20/time-on-task/#comment-11108 I did not just stumble across this blog, I have been visiting occasionally for a while now, but this post confirms my suspicions: You are an idiot. An arrogant idiot to be sure, but so am I. Get a job at a successful private school for a couple semesters. Take notes. They get the job done. For less pay and fewer benefits. I did not just stumble across this blog, I have been visiting occasionally for a while now, but this post confirms my suspicions:

You are an idiot. An arrogant idiot to be sure, but so am I.

Get a job at a successful private school for a couple semesters. Take notes. They get the job done. For less pay and fewer benefits.

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