Basis Mclean

[Anonymous]

Please stop pretending that private schools are "nonprofit" -- all the top people make good money and the perks are outrageous.

BASIS would not be able to expand across the country if they did not have results to show. Regardless of whether or not they make a profit, the students come out with a very strong education. Somehow these businessmen are hiring top-notch teachers -- why can't our public school administrators do the same and have the same results?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. Which is why they are so concerned with "competing". BASIS doesn't care about reforming education in America. They care about making money for their schools and their founders. They aren't educators, they're a business.

We definitely shouldn't mix business with education. We have a fine system of quasi-government run schools doing a spectacular job of preparing all students to be competitive in the world.

Basis doesn't seem to have a problem taking money from the government to start their charter schools. Regardless, public schools can't pick and choose who they educate, so this isn't even something that you need to bring up for comparison.

The establishment of charter schools is the direct result of the FAILURE of public schools to adequately educate all children. Public schools have become so PC, working to redress the achievement gap. I think the advancement and achievement of all students is important. Middle class parents who advocate for advanced academic programming are called elitist. Get your facts straight-his Basis school is a tuition based school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please stop pretending that private schools are "nonprofit" -- all the top people make good money and the perks are outrageous.

BASIS would not be able to expand across the country if they did not have results to show. Regardless of whether or not they make a profit, the students come out with a very strong education. Somehow these businessmen are hiring top-notch teachers -- why can't our public school administrators do the same and have the same results?

Comparing BASIS to public schools doesn't tell us much. we are talking about a much different subset of students. Even among BASIS charters, the results vary widely depending on the populations served. BASIS DC was lambasted at teacher training this year for low scores, yet they serve a very different population than Scottsdale or Tucson. This is not a solution to public education. It's an option for some kids and should remain an option. there may even be some lessons to learn from their model. But it is not a model that can be followed in the public system and it is not a model that "works" for the vast majority of students who are ESL or special needs. And turnover is too big a problem at BASIS for them to be able to sustain the necessary continuity totey establish themselves in any one place. The model is about expanding, not growing and perfecting the individual school communities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just like the cigarette companies.

Are you NEA? Do you feel threatened somehow by the free market?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just like the cigarette companies.

Are you NEA? Do you feel threatened somehow by the free market?

Yes. If I don't like something it obviously means I am threatened by it. In addition, I feel threatened by traffic, Brussels sprouts, and Justin Bieber. God you're dumb. You are top BASIS material. I'm sure you could also fill out a bubble sheet like a good little trained monkey.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure this is why Sean Aiken was investigated in DC for ignoring special Ed stuff and they shipped him
Out of DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure this is why Sean Aiken was investigated in DC for ignoring special Ed stuff and they shipped him
Out of DC

You have no idea what you are talking about. Sean Aiken tried to fix the mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just like the cigarette companies.

Are you NEA? Do you feel threatened somehow by the free market?

Yes. If I don't like something it obviously means I am threatened by it. In addition, I feel threatened by traffic, Brussels sprouts, and Justin Bieber. God you're dumb. You are top BASIS material. I'm sure you could also fill out a bubble sheet like a good little trained monkey.

This statement sounds irrational and envious.

[Anonymous]

I very much envy your bubble sheets. And your deductive capabilities.

[Anonymous]

Seriously why did Aiken leave after a year if he is SO GREAT?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I very much envy your bubble sheets. And your deductive capabilities.

Education choice is a good thing. They have the freedom to devise a curriculum. If parents don't like it, either they change it and adapt or they crash. No need for vitriol.

[Anonymous]

Anyone have any experience at the other BASIS privates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously why did Aiken leave after a year if he is SO GREAT?

He was promoted to Vice President of intellectual capital.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have any experience at the other BASIS privates?

Probably not on this board. They are in Brooklyn and Silicon Valley and have only been open one year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I very much envy your bubble sheets. And your deductive capabilities.

Education choice is a good thing. They have the freedom to devise a curriculum. If parents don't like it, either they change it and adapt or they crash. No need for vitriol.

It may be in theory, but it doesn't really work out in real life. DC has tons of Charters schools but still no real choices for individual family. It is just a lottery- parents do not have the choice to place their children in the school they want- just the ones they are lucky enough access admission through the lottery. Same kind if thing in NYC.