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Research Reveals Parents of Private Schools over 80% Happy and Public School Rank Low 40%

Parents of children who attend private schools are more satisfied with their schools than parents of children in public education settings, according to a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics, while parents whose children attend the public school of their choice are more satisfied than those whose children attend an assigned public school.

"Parent and Family Involvement in Education, 2006-2007 School Year," said that 82 percent of parents whose children attended a private, nonreligious school and 81 percent whose children attended a private religious school described themselves as "very satisfied" with their schools, compared to 55 percent of parents whose children attend an assigned public school and 63 percent of those whose children attend a public school of their choice.

Released in August, the report is based on telephone interviews with parents conducted in the first half of 2007 on a wide range of topics: school satisfaction, parental involvement in schools, school-parent communication, satisfaction with teachers, discipline and homework levels. While the specific numbers varied, more private school parents than public school parents were very satisfied with teachers, academic standards, discipline, and school/parent interaction.

Other findings:

Parents in smaller schools, regardless of whether the school is public or private, are more satisfied than those whose children attend larger schools. The unhappiest parents are found in schools with more than 1,000 students.

Parental dissatisfaction grows with the age of the child. Sixty-nine percent of the parents of K-2 children were "very satisfied" with their school, regardless of private or public setting, but only 52 percent of high school parents said the same.

Parents of boys and girls reported nearly equal levels of satisfaction, but parents of black students were less likely to be very satisfied with schools than parents of white or Hispanic students.

Three-quarters or more of all parents interviewed said they had attended a school event, meeting or parent-teacher conference, but more private school parents reported serving on a school committee or participating in school fundraising. Parents of children in smaller schools or in elementary grades reported more participation than those in larger schools or higher grades.
The report is available online at:

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008050

Filed in Career & Education, Chaldean Education & Career Center :: By CE&CC on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 :: 1648 Views

Mar Addai Church, MI USA

Mar Addai Chaldean Catholic Church
24010 Coolidge Hwy.
Oak Park, MI 48237
Tel: (248) 547-4648
Fax: (248) 399-9089

Congregation Organizer:
Rev. Michael J. Bazzi

Church Founding Pastor:
Rev. Stephen Kallabat

Current Pastor:
Rev. Stephan Kallabat

Parochial Vicar:
Rev. Fadi Habib Khalaf

Parochial Vicar:
Rev. Sulemina Denha

Rev. Stephen Kallabat

Fr. Stephan Kallabat was born in Telkaif, Iraq. After completing seven years of scholarly work for the priesthood in Mosul, Iraq Fr. Kallabat was accepted at the prestigious university in Rome. There he spent six additional years of scholarly work in the areas of philosophy and theology and an additional four years in scriptural studies.

Ordained a priest in 1966 by Pope Paul VI he returned to Iraq to serve the Holy Family parish until his departure to Michigan, U.S. in 1979 to serve the growing population of Chaldeans. Fr. Kallabat was appointed assistant pastor, then pastor of Mar Addai Parish in Oak Park, Michigan.

Hitting the ground running, Fr. Kallabat is credited with raising the necessary funds to provide Chaldeans in the local area a church and community center of their own. Fr. Kallabat continues to serve the parish and Chaldean community as their pastor.

Rev. Fadi Habib Khalaf

Fr. Fadi Habib Khalaf was born in Baghdad May 10, 1974. Fr. Khalaf graduated from Baghdad University in 1997 and soon after joined the Chaldean seminary in Baghdad. While there Fr. Khalaf earned a scholarship to attend the Urbanian Pontifical University in Rome. There he earned another bachelor’s degree in theology and was ordained deacon in Rome on May 8, 2004.

Fr. Khalaf then returned to Baghdad where he was officially ordained as a priest. Afterward Fr. Khalaf returned to Rome to further his studies. In 2006 Fr. Khalaf was appointed to serve Chaldeans in the United States.

In the summer of 2006 he arrived to the Chaldean diocese of St. Thomas the Apostle and was cardinated into the Diocese and elected to serve at Mar Addai parish on March 15, 2007 as the Parochial Vicar.

Rev. Suleiman Denha

Rev. Suleiman Denha was born in Telkaif, Iraq. He began his priestly studies in 1951 in Mosul, Iraq and was ordained in 1959. Fr. Denha taught in Telkaif until 1961, when he was appointed pastor in Basra, Iraq in 1966.

After immigrating to the Unite States in 1979, he was appointed to serve the Chaldean community in Virginia. A year later, Fr. Denha was recruited to assist the much larger population of Chaldeans in Detroit.

Upon his arrival Fr. Denha assisted Fr. Yasso at Sacred Heart Church. In 1982 he was asked to temporally assist St. Joseph Church in Troy, returning a year later Sacred Heart.

In 1991, he was appointed to Mar Addai Church in Oak Park, Michigan as the Parochial Vicar, where he still serves the community today.