Corporations backing charter schools
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Anonymous
| Is this true in DC? If so, which schools and which corporations? |
Anonymous
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KIPP is a corporation. So is Basis.
http://www.kipp.org/ http://bsischools.org/ Why do you ask? |
Anonymous
| Thus the explanation why these charters want their student body representing certain profiles ... |
Anonymous
Except in a lottery system with fair and transparent admissions and waitlist policies how would that happen? This is different from school districts that OS the entire system to parents without choice. In that situation there is no competition. Here if a school wastes money and doesn't provide quality education the market should take care of it....except of course for Options, where the administration (allegedly) stole blindly and the administration foisted the worst of the student body on the unsuspecting community, but that's another story entirely. |
Anonymous
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Thus explains the pyramid system of BASIS.
Take almost everyone in 5th and 6th grade. If the student is super bright, super fast and super hard working, then let them continue. For the rest, the majority, it all depends what they can bring to the school (FARMS, big bucks, excellent DC connections). Want certain students to leave the school ???? Punish them by giving them really bad grades. How would you explain a student getting a high B in the CJ, but receiving a D in the report card only a couple weeks later because the B was a mistake ??? |
Anonymous
| There is a thread on this forum called "NYT article on Walton-funded spread of charter schools in DC." I think you''d find it interesting reading. |
Anonymous
Link here: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/380529.page NYT article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/us/a-walmart-fortune-spreading-charter-schools.html?hpw&rref=us&_r=0 |
Anonymous
| Ok - this story is a year old. What is PP's point? |
Anonymous
| I often wonder if it is good for corporations to be involved in public education or frankly any education. We liberals rave about these schools, but are they doing more harm or good and/or creating inequality? |
Anonymous
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Teachers unions would probably say charters have been a net negative. The national nonprofit sector seems divided but leaning in favor - but they love to support innovation and new models. Personally I see the charters in DC as being catalyst for change.
Had charters not succeeded in attracting more than a third of all public school students (in just about 15 years) I doubt we'd have seen as much impetus for change within DCPS. Competition is good - but whether these schools should become long-term institutions seems a question worth debating. |
Anonymous
You mean the coveted low-income minority demographic? Because that's the majority profile. Personally, I don't have a problem with that. Apparently, some folks are resentful. Maybe poor, brown children aren't supposed to get a good education? |
Anonymous
There are many explanations: What it in grading period 3 for 6th grade or higher? The pre-comp counts for 50% of the GP3 grade. Fail the pre-comp and you get a D even if your average would have been a high B. Did the high B reflect only quizzes and homework assignments for the GP? Failing the big test of the GP can also take your grade from a B to a D. The secret to BASIS is studying hard for the tests. They have a much bigger impact on the grade. For example, homework counts for only 10% of the GP grade in math, while the tests count for 90%. It's also essential that to raise test grades via mastery defense whenever possible. |
Anonymous
| The Waltons have given tons to Mundo Verde. The Walton's are also big supporters of the Charter School Development Corporation, who helped finance Yu Ying's building. |
Anonymous
| There is an interesting on the VA public forum about charter schools. |
Anonymous
I don't know many liberals who rave about charter schools. I typically find that we liberals- hate them. |