tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post3590688702449534853..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: 100% Charter FailPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-45429391039062176862014-11-27T18:17:04.025-05:002014-11-27T18:17:04.025-05:00A perfect example of what you say (i.e., that char...A perfect example of what you say (i.e., that charters don't want ALL schools) is Locke H.S. In Los Angeles. When Steve Barr's Green Dot Schools took over LAUSD's Locke HS, they were forced to enroll all students in their attendance zone, despite the fact that they initially tried to "not accept" ELLs and SPEDs. The result has been test scores that have changed very little and at least two re organizations of the reorganized Locke HS. The only difference between Locke pre and post-Green Dot is constant staff turnover, more violence on campus and . . . Oh, yeah, the students now wear uniforms . . . thekidsarealrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06789879192656223793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-53520976383440282822014-11-22T06:15:26.049-05:002014-11-22T06:15:26.049-05:00For profit charters don't want to take over th...For profit charters don't want to take over the whole market any more than Walmart wants to… Do you see a Walmart in Scarsdale? In New Trier? In Radnor PA? Conversely do you see any Walmarts in poor urban neighborhoods? Walmart is willing to cede the upscale market and abandon the urban poor to make as much profit as possible on the mass market. For profit charter operators think the same way. They'll go after the market of engaged urban parents and middle class neighborhoods and towns that are seeking relief from high taxes. The for profit charters are not cherry picking to destroy public education, they are cherry picking to make money. WayneGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08543901568804017623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-70797847906263609362014-11-16T19:40:59.295-05:002014-11-16T19:40:59.295-05:00Doesn't the power of choice lie with the Chart...Doesn't the power of choice lie with the Charter school? There is no guarantee that a child will go to a particular charter just because the parents want the child to go. Anyone who has been through the college application process should understand that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-65729098248713029062014-11-16T19:36:41.930-05:002014-11-16T19:36:41.930-05:00Eva Moskowitz has written the play book for the no...Eva Moskowitz has written the play book for the non-profit charter profits. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-36318976424703240382014-11-16T13:28:31.954-05:002014-11-16T13:28:31.954-05:00But do you really? Are the available choices diver...But do you really? Are the available choices diverse enough or is it the difference between Pepsi and Coke?Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-65153788090360775072014-11-16T11:11:47.247-05:002014-11-16T11:11:47.247-05:00I don't care if they get rich. I care if they ...I don't care if they get rich. I care if they educate kids. My only fear is that the charter I worked at had 10 hour long days and Saturday school. Those kids (and teachers) were SO overworked it was unbelievable, but of course, public schools aren't far behind. My guess is that more time and drill is the way to achieve scores and it was all rote memorization and left no room for play. Again, public and charter have few differences. At least with a charter, you have a choice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-70669848235001928062014-11-16T10:11:45.414-05:002014-11-16T10:11:45.414-05:00I don't think it's that simple. There are ...I don't think it's that simple. There are too many dodges even for a not-for-profit. For instance, I'll run a not-for-profit school but rent the building from myself, or hire my own firm to provide maintenance services for the building. There are many, many ways to get rich running a not-for-profit charter.Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-50626809963779715992014-11-16T09:59:30.122-05:002014-11-16T09:59:30.122-05:00This is so simple. Stipulate that public funds ca...This is so simple. Stipulate that public funds can only be directed to not-for-profit schools with specified salary caps. That will cause all the Harold Hills and their phony boys bands to slink away and look for some other rubes to con. (Full disclosure: I began my teaching career at a NFP charter in rural NJ which serves a very high-challenged population across multiple districts, students who are "counseled out of" their local school districts, and who often thrive in the charter environment more than they would at home. So I am NOT anti-charter. I am anti-thieves and swindlers.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07882873730743798579noreply@blogger.com