The ideas — none of which has been formally proposed — would be radical departures from current practices. They're being discussed in broad terms by board members as they work to rewrite the regulations that will govern how Maryland's students and schools are judged beginning next school year.
It is not clear whether any of the ideas will gain the support of the full board or the public. State school board President Andrew Smarick, who has spent much of his career on education policy, says he supports change.
"Maryland has been very traditional in its approach to failing schools," he said. "I am on the side of pushing our policymakers to be bolder on this issue because of the thousands of young lives at stake."
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Public school has become a violent training ground for future inmates.
Hope they do that here, but I know this won't happen. The snots from the Salisbury School and Salisbury Christian would never allow the problems that are plaguing the public schools to happen in their schools!
They would probably also worry they would be subjected to the same politically correct guidelines that have also plagued the public schools to accept the federal school voucher program.
It will be interesting to see how this comes out. I know I had my children in a private school just because of the problems with the current public school system. I wanted them to have a good education, and to celebrate Christmas and Easter just like I did without the BS political correctness and socialist liberal indoctrination.
As long as there is discipline, rules being enforced and good teachers this program will work. Teachers are the key along with discipline so those who want to learn can learn as much as they want.
1111 - ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. Teachers are the key. In this day/age how do you obtain good teachers? $$$$$$$$$$$$ Therein lies the challenge. How to get good teachers on the cheap?
Well if we continue to think cheap over and over and over again....psst - we've been doing this for years...oh - then I just defined insanity to a tee!
Question (which I don't have the answer) is how to dig ourselves out?
I'm confused. You sent your children to private school yet you call the people from the private school snots...
Basically, they're calling for vouchers for all public school people. They're all bad as we've all seen over the last year. Time for public schools to go by way of dinosaurs and let real teachers teach real academics.
Private schools aren't subject to no child left behind garbage by globalist cabal Bush. They have discipline and they teach discipline. Hoodlums need not apply!
11:40 You are correct. A lot the parents my kids went to school with were snots. They were the children of Doctors, business professionals, lawyers, and those with means to afford the tuition. Luckily at that time I had a good income before the great recession started in 2008. After that, I was forced to put my kids in public school because I could no longer afford the tuition. If I could have kept them there, I would have. The difference between public verses private school is like night and day. Better quality education, and better behaved kids. The school doesn't put up with bullying or disruption in the classroom. They kick you out if you do, but they give you chance. Parents have a say over everything, and there isn't a BOE government controlled bureaucracy to deal with. I might also add there were many students who's parents are public school teachers. I think that speaks volumes!!!!
Maybe if they werent doing the running man and whipping and nae nae in gyms like east salisbury theyd actually learn things its not bet or mtv its school
Awesome..Bring it the scare Factor will be enough to effects some change. This will put the power back in the people's hands instead of boards of education and bureaucrats
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