Home schooling: data sets

A few parents have told us that they chose to home school their kids precisely because it was obvious that the Zoom thing wasn't working, and with the brick and mortar schools closed, they felt it was the only remaining option. I'm sure that many of them felt neither qualified nor inclined to do that, but as Mister Picture points out, perhaps parental motivation is the dominant factor behind a kid's success. Who knows? That may very well be of great significance in normal times, too. No way to reliably measure that that I'm aware of.

Doesn't surprise me at all; most teachers do the bare minimum each day.  

Did you get molested by a teacher or something?  You seem to have a real issue with that profession.

NYC thinks they lost 180,000 students this year.  They are not sure if they moved, went to another school or are truant.  An amazing indictment of the NYC Board of Ed incompetence.  They are also short 3,000 teachers.

While there are many elite private schools such as Fieldston, there are many private school such as the NYC Catholic school system as well as others nationwide that are for middle class students.  People are frustrated by the poor education they see their children getting in public school. The defining characteristic is that the parents are willing to sacrifice so their children can get a good education.

NYC also has a successful charter school program that has a huge waiting list & cannot expand since the teachers union has forced the legislature to put a cap on the number of schools. 

Jerry pretends to be ignorant, but I don't buy it. He knows as well as anyone that teachers work many hours that are after school and unpaid. They correct homework, lay out lesson plans, etc.

Though I suppose it's possible that he was a horrible student, wound up cleaning toilets for a living, and blames all his teachers for his failures. We know he isn't a "finance expert."

Neither NYC nor any other school district in the country tracks the locations of its former students after they leave the district. That would be a gross invasion of privacy.

So much for your "amazing indictment."

Whether they lost none or 1 million students, the fact remains that NYC "thinks" they lost 180,000 students last year - those are NYC own words - not Tom's. And, of course, you have nothing to say about the shortage of 3000 teachers. There was no "indictment," just your typical fact twisting, moronic reply.

Nope. You're lying. NYC didn't say that they "think" they "lost" any students whatsoever.

If you "quote" something that wasn't actually said, you're lying. Liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar.