THE CAMEL’S NOSE
Education reform in Delaware is leading the state’s Catholic schools to adopt the Delaware Student Testing Program. It seems that parochial teachers will lose their certifications unless the Diocese does something. I’m sure this is just a coincidence and that educrats never anticipated being able to control the private schools. Riiight!
This is really bad. Delaware has the strongest parochial/private school system in the country (approximately 20 percent of students are outside of the reach of g-school educrats). If the state can essentially force the Catholic and other private schools into the state system, only homeschoolers would be exempt from the accountability tests. How long do you think we’d be able to maintain that independence? Not long, I’d guess. Right now, no other private schools are lining up behind this proposal. Let’s hope it stays that way.