And growing.
Probably would say most are parents of existing private schoolers who want their tax money to go their child's education.
Hope it works for them!
Tyler ISD Supt views it as competition! Maybe when viewed like that Public schools will get better!!

Public school is about to get a lot worse.

I disagree. They will be forced to adapt.

If they want to keep good students, maybe they should go back to kicking out the bad ones

Some might. Some will adapt. The total market will have new data on what is working and what isn't.

All good things.

Heaven forbid the right ask the teachers what they need to be successful. Daddy government knows best in these parts, though.

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Heaven forbid the right ask the teachers what they need to be successful. Daddy government knows best in these parts, though.

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Off the charts irony.

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Heaven forbid the right ask the teachers what they need to be successful. Daddy government knows best in these parts, though.

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teachers want more pay and less work. They care only about themselves not our kids

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Public school is about to get a lot worse.

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Are public schools socialist or capitalist?

Because if TrumpRx is socialism, then mandatory confiscation of wealth to fund public education regardless of whether you have a child in school or not feels a lot like socialism to me.

Let us know.

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Heaven forbid the right ask the teachers what they need to be successful. Daddy government knows best in these parts, though.

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The teachers have had more than their share of input, and it has only gotten worse.

Heaven forbid the right demand some accountability, introduce a little competition, and that some of their money be used to give parents more opportunity for a choice in where they send their kids to school.

Just want to know where I can get my voucher/refund for paying taxes and not having any kids.

People are really pretending that low performing schools are the fault of teachers and administrators and not that they're comprised of low performing children from low performing parents?

My educator wife's first job out of college was a teaching position at a private school. Most of the students were children of military families who didn't want their children in a public school and sacrificed to do so. The school was priced very economically because of it and the teachers were paid low wages. She made $18k in 2001 with no benefits but she absolutely loved it and learned a huge amount in her time there. People who have this idea that private schools are just for the upper class and are always expensive have no idea of the diversity available. The families, children, teachers, and staff all have a vested interest and care about the families and children.

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Heaven forbid the right ask the teachers what they need to be successful. Daddy government knows best in these parts, though.

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Public schools are where they are because we've been letting them decide what's best for themselves. Time to give them some competition. Destroy the cartel.

The kids have all the power in the schools now. And they know it.

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Heaven forbid the right ask the teachers what they need to be successful. Daddy government knows best in these parts, though.

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teachers want more pay and less work. They care only about themselves not our kids

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Teachers are underpaid for the effect they have on society.
Problem is the administrative bureaucracy has grown exponentially, sucking up resources to shuffle papers to meet other bureaucracy's idiotic demands.
Our youngest daughter is a special needs teacher and the amount of work she does is horrendous.She does it because it is rewarding to see children grow and parents see that growth. The parents let her know how much it positively affected their child.

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Heaven forbid the right ask the teachers what they need to be successful. Daddy government knows best in these parts, though.

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What a lazy comment. You describe maybe 10-15% of the teachers I worked with in my 36 yrs in education in Texas (and we worked hard to invite that percentage to other careers outside of education). The vast majority of educators are conscientious, hard workers, and love children….and deserve support. If that was your experience as a student I hate that for you. If that is your experience as an adult you have many options for your kids.

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People are really pretending that low performing schools are the fault of teachers and administrators and not that they're comprised of low performing children from low performing parents?

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I think people are well aware of the challenges in certain school districts. That why I want good students a chance to get out and not be sucked into the black hole of low expectations.

I also hope the schools adapt around the children who can't leave. Enforced discipline. More trade school opportunities. Maybe better sex and drug education.

Instead of continuing this insane one size fits all inclusion bull**** progressives have been trying with for decades, let's let schools specialize.

Also, let's go back to treating public education as a privilege instead of an entitlement.

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Most of you must not live in Texas where public school is mandated by the state Constitution. Like the previous post… it's liberal's fault for not specializing schools? What? The state has been under GOP control for how long? And yet, the TEA still controls what must be taught.

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You kidding with this crappola? All the school districts that have been taken over or closed down by the state have been in liberal hellholes. Houston, Beaumont, FW, La Marque.

Failing schools correlate to liberal run municipalities at nearly a 100% rate.

Next just trot out Randi Weingartner to explain everything to us like we have amnesia.

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People are really pretending that low performing schools are the fault of teachers and administrators and not that they're comprised of low performing children from low performing parents?

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I think people are well aware of the challenges in certain school districts. That why I want good students a chance to get out and not be sucked into the black hole of low expectations.

I also hope the schools adapt around the children who can't leave. Enforced discipline. More trade school opportunities. Maybe better sex and drug education.

Instead of continuing this insane one size fits all inclusion bull**** progressives have been trying with for decades, let's let schools specialize.

Also, let's go back to treating public education as a privilege instead of an entitlement.

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Most of you must not live in Texas where public school is mandated by the state Constitution. Like the previous post… it's liberal's fault for not specializing schools? What? The state has been under GOP control for how long? And yet, the TEA still controls what must be taught.

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I was a certified teacher in Texas. I'm well aware of how pedagogy has been overwhelmingly controlled by progressives for decades.

The GOP has had their blunders in education as well. NCLB being one of them. However the lions share of blame falls on the insane pedagogical training on the left. The people who tried to get rid of phonics and replace it with dog **** like site reading. The people who got rid of special needs and GT classes and replaced it with inclusion.

School choice is what we need to rectify the situation.