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Irish_Dem

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2. Do private schools have the same oversight as public schools?

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 10:24 AM

May 3

One of my neighbors is paying quite a bit of tuition money so her son can attend a highly respected private school. However the Spanish teacher speaks not one word of Spanish and lectures
from a book titled "Spanish for Dummies." There are more examples along the same lines.

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Arkansas private school director accused of orchestrating 'child fight club' [View all] LiberalArkie May 3 OP

OMG! And Mary founded the Delta Institute for Developing the Brain? SheltieLover May 3 #1

Do private schools have the same oversight as public schools? Irish_Dem May 3 #2

well, how much spanish do they really need? ret5hd May 3 #4

No, they do not have to pass the same tests as public schools. LiberalArkie May 3 #5

So the private religious schools could be GOP grifting. Irish_Dem May 3 #7

More than likely are. As just about all of them started to avoid integration and in a large number of wealthy schools LiberalArkie May 3 #8

The irony is that the local schools here are excellent. Irish_Dem May 3 #9

Usually parents put their kids in private schools so their kids do not mix with poorer kids or kids not their race. LiberalArkie May 3 #12

Yes, this could be the case. Irish_Dem May 3 #13

Oh, it is. It most definitely is. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 3 #14

As John Barth said, it's easy to teach something you know all about. Midnight Writer May 3 #10

Does this school receive voucher money from the state? jls4561 May 3 #3

Don't they know? IjustDontlikeRepugs May 3 #6

Raising future cannon fodder for Whiskey Pete's He-Man Women-Haters Army Midnight Writer May 3 #11