BASIS charter expansion is up for public comment

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! So there are two BASIS system: one is private and one is charter. Both systems have schools cross the country? Is my understanding right?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a stupid question: is this Basis the same one like “ basis independent McLean”? Or other BASIS nation wide. The other BASIS schools are all high quality private?

The same.

No. There are @30 BASIS charter schools. Not same thing as the Independent Private schools. All BASIS public charter schools across the country are free open enrollment schools.

Do they have similar curriculum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! So there are two BASIS system: one is private and one is charter. Both systems have schools cross the country? Is my understanding right?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a stupid question: is this Basis the same one like “ basis independent McLean”? Or other BASIS nation wide. The other BASIS schools are all high quality private?

The same.

No. There are @30 BASIS charter schools. Not same thing as the Independent Private schools. All BASIS public charter schools across the country are free open enrollment schools.

Do they have similar curriculum?

The same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to get my head around the idea that anyone is okay with these people taking $2 million a year off the DC taxpayer in exchange for washing out 60 percent of the class. WTF

I'm a lot more concerned about the DCPS schools passing students through despite truancy and being years behind grade level.

Why? Some dude in Arizona isn't getting the fancy Audi off of that... I mean, if we're going to miseducate our kids, let's keep the money for Audis here in the district.

Also, to be slightly serious, what you're describing is failure of the system, and what I'm talking about is people seeing how close they can get the system to failure in the name of getting the fancy Audi. Profit should never be part of any conversation about education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to get my head around the idea that anyone is okay with these people taking $2 million a year off the DC taxpayer in exchange for washing out 60 percent of the class. WTF

This is why I don’t give BASIS any money.

Well, if you're a DC taxpayer you do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to get my head around the idea that anyone is okay with these people taking $2 million a year off the DC taxpayer in exchange for washing out 60 percent of the class. WTF

I'm a lot more concerned about the DCPS schools passing students through despite truancy and being years behind grade level.

Or teaching at the lowest level because 60% of the kids are 3 grades behind.

[Anonymous]

Why did this thread turn into an argument about high school and DCPS? It’s about opening an elementary school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to get my head around the idea that anyone is okay with these people taking $2 million a year off the DC taxpayer in exchange for washing out 60 percent of the class. WTF

I'm a lot more concerned about the DCPS schools passing students through despite truancy and being years behind grade level.

Why? Some dude in Arizona isn't getting the fancy Audi off of that... I mean, if we're going to miseducate our kids, let's keep the money for Audis here in the district.

Also, to be slightly serious, what you're describing is failure of the system, and what I'm talking about is people seeing how close they can get the system to failure in the name of getting the fancy Audi. Profit should never be part of any conversation about education.

BASIS DC is nonprofit, dummy.

Think of the millions that DCPS is spending on failing schools where most of the kids are illiterate and innumerate.

Let’s create another dozen BASIS schools in DC and stop pouring money into schools that don’t work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to get my head around the idea that anyone is okay with these people taking $2 million a year off the DC taxpayer in exchange for washing out 60 percent of the class. WTF

I'm a lot more concerned about the DCPS schools passing students through despite truancy and being years behind grade level.

Why? Some dude in Arizona isn't getting the fancy Audi off of that... I mean, if we're going to miseducate our kids, let's keep the money for Audis here in the district.

Also, to be slightly serious, what you're describing is failure of the system, and what I'm talking about is people seeing how close they can get the system to failure in the name of getting the fancy Audi. Profit should never be part of any conversation about education.

BASIS DC is nonprofit, dummy.

Think of the millions that DCPS is spending on failing schools where most of the kids are illiterate and innumerate.

Let’s create another dozen BASIS schools in DC and stop pouring money into schools that don’t work.

+100. Gotta love the people defending failing schools such as Ballou, which cost $150 million to build and into which DCPS pours millions each year. Almost no student at the school is even at grade level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to get my head around the idea that anyone is okay with these people taking $2 million a year off the DC taxpayer in exchange for washing out 60 percent of the class. WTF

This is a feature, not a bug. It would be great if DCPS would group together the cohort of kids who can hack it instead of holding everyone back to the lowest common denominator, but failing that I'm happy to see BASIS do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to get my head around the idea that anyone is okay with these people taking $2 million a year off the DC taxpayer in exchange for washing out 60 percent of the class. WTF

This is a feature, not a bug. It would be great if DCPS would group together the cohort of kids who can hack it instead of holding everyone back to the lowest common denominator, but failing that I'm happy to see BASIS do it.

Before we enrolled, seeing posters write "it's a feature, not a big" used to really annoy me. It feels mean.

It's helps to be really specific -- if kids don't pass their end of year tests, they don't get to go to the next grade (until they pass-- most choose to leave the school). This is typically like 10 percent of the grade in the middle school years.

I actually don't mind this -- it's the one public school is DC that doesn't do social promotion, and celebrates kids who want to be challenged and rise to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to get my head around the idea that anyone is okay with these people taking $2 million a year off the DC taxpayer in exchange for washing out 60 percent of the class. WTF

I'm a lot more concerned about the DCPS schools passing students through despite truancy and being years behind grade level.

Why? Some dude in Arizona isn't getting the fancy Audi off of that... I mean, if we're going to miseducate our kids, let's keep the money for Audis here in the district.

Also, to be slightly serious, what you're describing is failure of the system, and what I'm talking about is people seeing how close they can get the system to failure in the name of getting the fancy Audi. Profit should never be part of any conversation about education.

BASIS DC is nonprofit, dummy.

Think of the millions that DCPS is spending on failing schools where most of the kids are illiterate and innumerate.

Let’s create another dozen BASIS schools in DC and stop pouring money into schools that don’t work.

If all those kids showed up at BASIS, you would consider it failing too. I’m glad we have BASIS in DC. The city probably needs a few more similar options but no need to bash everything else while promoting BASIS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to get my head around the idea that anyone is okay with these people taking $2 million a year off the DC taxpayer in exchange for washing out 60 percent of the class. WTF

I'm a lot more concerned about the DCPS schools passing students through despite truancy and being years behind grade level.

Why? Some dude in Arizona isn't getting the fancy Audi off of that... I mean, if we're going to miseducate our kids, let's keep the money for Audis here in the district.

Also, to be slightly serious, what you're describing is failure of the system, and what I'm talking about is people seeing how close they can get the system to failure in the name of getting the fancy Audi. Profit should never be part of any conversation about education.

BASIS DC is nonprofit, dummy.

Think of the millions that DCPS is spending on failing schools where most of the kids are illiterate and innumerate.

Let’s create another dozen BASIS schools in DC and stop pouring money into schools that don’t work.

If all those kids showed up at BASIS, you would consider it failing too. I’m glad we have BASIS in DC. The city probably needs a few more similar options but no need to bash everything else while promoting BASIS.

I don't know that much about DC Prep, but I wonder if there actually a lot of similarities there (high standards, don't allow failing students to move forward). The people I know (older DC residents) who put their kids through DC Prep absolutely love it. BASIS is the one option like that that is acceptable to bougie white people.

[Anonymous]

And bougie black, Asian, Middle Eastern and Latino people. Give us a break.

[Anonymous]

+1. BASIS may skew higher SES families, but the school could be the poster child for true racial diversity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to get my head around the idea that anyone is okay with these people taking $2 million a year off the DC taxpayer in exchange for washing out 60 percent of the class. WTF

I'm a lot more concerned about the DCPS schools passing students through despite truancy and being years behind grade level.

Why? Some dude in Arizona isn't getting the fancy Audi off of that... I mean, if we're going to miseducate our kids, let's keep the money for Audis here in the district.

Also, to be slightly serious, what you're describing is failure of the system, and what I'm talking about is people seeing how close they can get the system to failure in the name of getting the fancy Audi. Profit should never be part of any conversation about education.

BASIS DC is nonprofit, dummy.

Think of the millions that DCPS is spending on failing schools where most of the kids are illiterate and innumerate.

Let’s create another dozen BASIS schools in DC and stop pouring money into schools that don’t work.

No. It's a for-profit charter. We've gone over this.

DC contracts with a non-profit organization which then turns around and pays the for-profit for administration and curriculum. The for-profit is the decision-making power in terms of what happens at the school. It's really gross.