Quote:Absolutely it could be a coincidence and I do get students at other times of the year, however, when it comes to charter transfers, they generally come in larger numbers (and this has been for a few years, not a one time occurrence) at the time I mentioned.  

 

Oh, and I don't think that there is a problem with the school for kicking them out, they have that right, I just wish that the funding came with them and the new school (usually public) doesn't have it held against them (in test scores for teacher evaluations or for school grade) considering 25% of the year was spent elsewhere.  Technically, they are not supposed to count against teachers, but it doesn't really work that way.  I once had a foreign exchange student who spoke no English count against me (even though foreign exchange students are not supposed to) because he failed a state exam (not joking).  I once had a student who left my class in late October/Early November to attend another public high school.  He failed his state exam (i don't know if his teacher covered the material or not) and it counted against me.  Now, I challenged the first example (the appeal is going on a few years  :teehee: ) but the second one I didn't bother.  My scores are good enough that a few kids that count against me (even wrongly) doesn't make a difference and it is easier to just ignore it, but not everyone is in that position.  Oh, and students who don't take the exam (whether they decide to just skip it, or, go on vacation {yes this has happened to me}) count against the teacher.  But this is all a rant for another thread.  Sorry!

 

No need to be sorry, I appreciate yours and The Eleventh Doctor's perspectives regarding education.  Obviously you are a teacher and the Doctor's wife is a teacher.  This brings insight and discussion from a perspective different from my own.

 

We did get off-track from the initial purpose of the thread, but we do have some interesting perspectives to think about.  To try and bring the discussion back to the original topic, do you support Marco Rubio's ideas regarding education in general, or support Bernie Sander's ideas and why?

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