On 9/27/06, Carl Peterson carlopeterson@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/26/06, Anthony DiPierro dipierro@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/26/06, Mark Wagner carnildo@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/25/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 25/09/06, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
There will have to be a line short of "all things that have any
record
claiming they may be a school of some sort". The first place that line seems logically to go, on first
inspection, is
"Paid teachers".
Third-party verifiability would be the first line.
But where's the second line? The Michigan homeschools are verifiable: since they're treated as private schools, they need to be registered with the Michigan Department of Education.
What's verifiable, that they exist? The fact that something exists is not an article.
Because we have the notion that all schools are inherently notable, apparently the fact that something exists _is_ an article. Or, if you take the list approach, _part_ of an article.
I don't really consider lists to be articles, but I also don't see a problem with lists. As for whether or not notability is enough to have an article, I disagree. Notability is, by definition, a necessary condition for an article, but it is not sufficient.
"Thomas Jefferson was a person" is not an article, even though Thomas Jefferson is an indisputably notable person.
Notability should be the first line, with criteria being such that only actual schools are counted (at a maximum). Such criteria could include:
- A school tied directly to the government (i.e., public schools)
- A school run by a board of directors/trustees or similar form of
government. This does not include any strictly regulatory agencies such as a state Department of Education.
- Accreditation by some board of accreditation.
How about just using common sense? If all you can say about something is that it exists, it shouldn't have an article about it.
BTW, I still haven't seen any evidence that "The Michigan homeschools are verifiable". This is probably true, but I can't confirm it.
Anthony