Comments on: School Choice and Consolidation in Vermont http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/07/school-choice-and-consolidation-in-vermont/ Aikido, comics, eating well, information security, open source, mountain biking, and caffeine - this blog has everything! Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: peter http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/07/school-choice-and-consolidation-in-vermont/comment-page-1/#comment-41127 peter Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:06:54 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=942#comment-41127 I addressed this in the fourth and fifth paragraphs: the market will, as responsible parents will pull students from schools that are not meeting their children's needs. I addressed this in the fourth and fifth paragraphs: the market will, as responsible parents will pull students from schools that are not meeting their children’s needs.

]]> By: Meggan Cantlin http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2010/03/07/school-choice-and-consolidation-in-vermont/comment-page-1/#comment-41126 Meggan Cantlin Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:03:58 +0000 http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=942#comment-41126 Who determines whether it's a good school or not? Is this resolution determined through "standardized" testing scores or is it a majority vote? I ask this because I live in a town where the school is theoretically a "good" school, however, I personally feel it's curricula is undesirable. Would I still get to choose a school I felt resonated with my personal feelings or does the choice only apply if the town school is going to be "shut down?" I'm just curious in understanding the implications of school choice, because I currently homeschool as it would have cost me a small fortune to put my child in a different public school, a school of my choosing. Who determines whether it’s a good school or not? Is this resolution determined through “standardized” testing scores or is it a majority vote? I ask this because I live in a town where the school is theoretically a “good” school, however, I personally feel it’s curricula is undesirable. Would I still get to choose a school I felt resonated with my personal feelings or does the choice only apply if the town school is going to be “shut down?”

I’m just curious in understanding the implications of school choice, because I currently homeschool as it would have cost me a small fortune to put my child in a different public school, a school of my choosing.

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