Inner city schools are facing declining enrollment

Smyrna · 2022-08-01T23:08:35.763Z

RTchoke:

It’s not to much economic as willingness.

Agreed. The willingness “chicken” comes before the economic “egg”.

PurpnGold · 2022-08-02T00:08:37.686Z

RTchoke:

Many homeschooling families don’t even do traditional 7-8 days. They get more done in a shorter amount of time. No one needs to be home and run a full school day unlike public school to be productive.

A parent still needs to be home. Even if only 3-4 hours a day. Someone must be there to teach.

Even during the pandemic distance learning, my kids spent 2-3 hours on zoom.

Eagle-Keeper · 2022-08-02T00:21:39.530Z

WuWei:

RTchoke:

Many homeschooling families don’t even do traditional 7-8 days. They get more done in a shorter amount of time. No one needs to be home and run a full school day.like punlic school to be productive.

That’s be my surmise. Half the school day is wasted in public schools anyway.

Much of a teacher’s job in class revolves around classroom management and busy work. Furthermore, in high school students are herded around like cattle from one class to the next generally of completely different subject matter. There’s little genuine learning taking place under such a system as nobody can absorb and retain the volume and various forms of content.

RTchoke · 2022-08-02T00:57:33.702Z

You do realize there are many online homeschool options with a teacher where a parent is not the one teaching. Just like many online college courses but for numerous age groups.

PurpnGold · 2022-08-02T01:01:34.408Z

RTchoke:

You do realize there are many online homeschool options with a teacher where a parent is not the one teaching. Just like many online college courses but for numerous age groups.

So you are going to sit a 7 year old a home by themselves?

RTchoke · 2022-08-02T16:31:26.059Z

PurpnGold:

RTchoke:

You do realize there are many online homeschool options with a teacher where a parent is not the one teaching. Just like many online college courses but for numerous age groups.

So you are going to sit a 7 year old a home by themselves?

If parents know one of them will not be home, you think they are going to choose to homeschool?

Quit creating scenarios I did not address. I addressed the parent having to be the one doing the teaching. That is not necessarily the case.

You seem to have a problem understanding posts you respond to. Fond of strawmen?

PurpnGold · 2022-08-02T17:09:34.066Z

RTchoke:

If parents know one of them will not be home, you think they are going to choose to homeschool?

Of course not, but you must have missed part of the post you responded to.

That’s the issue overall. It’s not necessarily the teaching part. It’s the being at home part that’s the bigger issue.

RTchoke:

Quit creating scenarios I did not address. I addressed the parent having to be the one doing the teaching. That is not necessarily the case.

You responded to my entire post where I clearly led with “the parent needs to be home”

RTchoke:

You seem to have a problem understanding posts you respond to. Fond of strawmen?

Lol

PurpnGold:

A parent still needs to be home

That’s the first part of the post you responded to. Calm down

RTchoke · 2022-08-02T17:17:31.762Z

I missed nothing.

I know where you stand on homeschooling. Some people don’t agree with you. Many people make is work regardless of their situation. Others continue to put road blocks in their way because Heaven forbid parents make their own choices about schooling options instead of the State.

WuWei · 2022-08-02T23:04:24.042Z

Why? What do they do during summer vacation?

PurpnGold · 2022-08-02T23:26:28.583Z

RTchoke:

I missed nothing.

I know where you stand on homeschooling. Some people don’t agree with you. Many people make is work regardless of their situation. Others continue to put road blocks in their way because Heaven forbid parents make their own choices about schooling options instead of the State.

I have no ideological issue with homeschooling. For the people who can afford to do so and want control of what their children learn… it seems like a good alternative.

But it’s simply not a reality for a large majority of kids. Two working parents are almost a must everywhere in this country.

PurpnGold · 2022-08-02T23:26:47.600Z

WuWei:

Why? What do they do during summer vacation?

Why what?

RTchoke · 2022-08-02T23:28:31.347Z

It’s not something for just “the rich”.

Anyone can homeschool nowadays with the internet and parent coops.

PurpnGold · 2022-08-02T23:35:48.972Z

RTchoke:

It’s not something for just “the rich”.

Anyone can homeschool nowadays with the internet and parent coops.

Sure, not just for the rich.

But definitely only for the homes who can afford to only have 1 income and afford to pay for a coop/tutor/etc.

I have nothing against it. I am just not pretending it’s for everyone. I can’t look the inner city kids I mentor in the eyes and say “homeschool is the solution”. Public school is their only option.

WuWei · 2022-08-02T23:37:44.914Z

PurpnGold:

WuWei:

Why? What do they do during summer vacation?

Why what?

It’s the being at home part that’s the bigger issue.

PurpnGold · 2022-08-02T23:55:51.592Z

WuWei:

PurpnGold:

WuWei:

Why? What do they do during summer vacation?

Why what?

It’s the being at home part that’s the bigger issue.

Boys and girls club. Ymca. Grandmas house. Older brother/sister at home watching them. Worse case, staying at home by themselves.

WuWei · 2022-08-03T00:01:46.088Z

PurpnGold:

WuWei:

PurpnGold:

WuWei:

Why? What do they do during summer vacation?

Why what?

It’s the being at home part that’s the bigger issue.

Boys and girls club. Ymca. Grandmas house. Older brother/sister at home watching them. Worse case, staying at home by themselves.

They can do that.

Rurudyne · 2022-08-04T00:09:28.904Z

Then they are screwed.

And that’s okay.

Eagle-Keeper · 2022-08-08T12:41:39.090Z

WuWei:

sikofit:

Are you serious? Some of the most expensive real estate is in inner cities. High rise condos often sit right next to low income developments and/or neighborhoods

Yes, I’m serious. Wealthy people send their kids to inner city public schools?

Here’s an article pertaining to LAUSD:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/editorial-bring-back-the-lost-children-of-los-angeles-unified/ar-AA10r2jW?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8a0b08d01f4747a3a4eee4b21bfc8628

Liberty323 · 2022-08-08T13:11:11.914Z

RTchoke:

Many homeschooling families don’t even do traditional 7-8 days. They get more done in a shorter amount of time. No one needs to be home and run a full school day unlike public school to be productive.

After my oldest son wasted a year learning nothing in Kindergarten in a public school, I taught both him and his brother to read over the summer in just a few weeks with some phonics flash cards I bought on Ebay. If I didn’t raise them by myself I’m convinced I could have given them a far superior education if I was able to homeschool. Too much time is wasted on behavior modification and conditioning in the government schools.

FloridaYankee · 2022-08-08T14:08:44.414Z

PurpnGold:

sikofit:

WuWei:

Interesting

Not all of them of course but some do.

I think we need to align on what inner city means. But if it means downtown… then those are million dollar condos/apartments.

I think of Los Angeles… Beverly Hills is technically “inner city” just like Compton and Inglewood.

I think it’s used interchangeably if mistakenly with slum.