Private+&+Public+Schools

=Private & Public School= ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/53052713/icon_normal.jpg caption="elizabeth helfant" link="http://twitter.com/ehelfant"]] || **[|ehelfant]** @[|jonbecker] I think that frees us up to dream a bit.. [|13 minutes ago] from web [|in reply to jonbecker] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/53052713/icon_normal.jpg caption="elizabeth helfant" link="http://twitter.com/ehelfant"]] || **[|ehelfant]** @[|jonbecker] not really- but we don't have those darned standards to prepare kids for or worry about.. [|15 minutes ago] from web [|in reply to jonbecker] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58386093/South_Park_Avatar_small_normal.JPG caption="Jonathan Becker" link="http://twitter.com/jonbecker"]] || **[|jonbecker]** @[|ehelfant] so, is there anything your school does by way of curriculum and learning that a public school can't also do? [|20 minutes ago] from [|TweetDeck] [|in reply to ehelfant] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58174211/User_3519_thumb_1_normal.jpg caption="Alfred Thompson" link="http://twitter.com/alfredtwo"]] || **[|alfredtwo]** @[|jonbecker] agreed. small !=unimportant I do think that teachers at private schools are given more autonomy and that contributes to results [|21 minutes ago] from [|twhirl] [|in reply to jonbecker] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/53052713/icon_normal.jpg caption="elizabeth helfant" link="http://twitter.com/ehelfant"]] || **[|ehelfant]** @[|jonbecker] Have said it often, it isn't about the technology, its about the curriculum and the learning-I happen to have great resources too [|24 minutes ago] from web [|in reply to jonbecker] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58386093/South_Park_Avatar_small_normal.JPG caption="Jonathan Becker" link="http://twitter.com/jonbecker"]] || **[|jonbecker]** @[|alfredtwo] agreed, but in the big picture, I'd argue that use of tech. is a SMALL part of why parents choose to pay for education [|25 minutes ago] from [|TweetDeck] [|in reply to alfredtwo] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58174211/User_3519_thumb_1_normal.jpg caption="Alfred Thompson" link="http://twitter.com/alfredtwo"]] || **[|alfredtwo]** @[|jonbecker] . Using technology is appreciated by parents who have the money to pay for education. How they handle web 2.0 is just one example [|28 minutes ago] from [|twhirl] [|in reply to jonbecker] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58386093/South_Park_Avatar_small_normal.JPG caption="Jonathan Becker" link="http://twitter.com/jonbecker"]] || **[|jonbecker]** @[|alfredtwo] i don't buy that parents choose independent/private schools because Web 2.0 apps are unblocked [|34 minutes ago] from [|TweetDeck] [|in reply to alfredtwo] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58174211/User_3519_thumb_1_normal.jpg caption="Alfred Thompson" link="http://twitter.com/alfredtwo"]] || **[|alfredtwo]** I think that independent/private schools are more responsive to parents and societies needs than public ones. [|36 minutes ago] from [|twhirl] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58174211/User_3519_thumb_1_normal.jpg caption="Alfred Thompson" link="http://twitter.com/alfredtwo"]] || **[|alfredtwo]** @[|jonbecker] Independent schools have to set themselves apart for public schools There has to be something different to attract paying parents [|37 minutes ago] from [|twhirl] [|in reply to jonbecker] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58386093/South_Park_Avatar_small_normal.JPG caption="Jonathan Becker" link="http://twitter.com/jonbecker"]] || **[|jonbecker]** @[|ehelfant] right, but "honest desire to create curriculum that's good for kids" (like that!) shouldn't be unique to independent schools [|40 minutes ago] from [|TweetDeck] [|in reply to ehelfant] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/53052713/icon_normal.jpg caption="elizabeth helfant" link="http://twitter.com/ehelfant"]] || **[|ehelfant]** @[|jonbecker] both - honest desire to create curriculum thats good for kids without obstacles is helpful to change [|44 minutes ago] from web [|in reply to jonbecker] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58386093/South_Park_Avatar_small_normal.JPG caption="Jonathan Becker" link="http://twitter.com/jonbecker"]] || **[|jonbecker]** @[|ehelfant] is it that you know you need to "get kids" or is that you CAN choose not to block stuff since you're independent? [|about 1 hour ago] from [|TweetDeck] [|in reply to ehelfant] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/53052713/icon_normal.jpg caption="elizabeth helfant" link="http://twitter.com/ehelfant"]] || **[|ehelfant]** @[|jonbecker] that said, our admin could choose to block stuff and don't - as Indep. school, we know we need to offer something more toget kids [|about 1 hour ago] from web [|in reply to jonbecker] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/53052713/icon_normal.jpg caption="elizabeth helfant" link="http://twitter.com/ehelfant"]] || **[|ehelfant]** @[|jonbecker] probably to some extent - but our tech integration is more because we can open up apps and don't block than tie to admin- [|about 1 hour ago] from web [|in reply to jonbecker] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58386093/South_Park_Avatar_small_normal.JPG caption="Jonathan Becker" link="http://twitter.com/jonbecker"]] || **[|jonbecker]** while noting that they are all at independent/private schools and wondering if that's a relevant fact... [|about 1 hour ago] from [|TweetDeck] ||  ||
 * [[image:http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/58386093/South_Park_Avatar_small_normal.JPG caption="Jonathan Becker" link="http://twitter.com/jonbecker"]] || **[|jonbecker]** noting that @[|ehelfant] and @[|coolcatteacher] have "non-techie" principals who nonetheless "get it" (& I think @[|scmorgan] too)... [|about 1 hour ago] from [|TweetDeck] ||  ||