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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]…they want them gone. Every single one of them.

In a shocking opinion piece on March 30, one of the leaders of the charter movement/philosophy came out against  DC’s Public Charter School Board for saying that maybe (MAYBE) the mix of charters to neighborhood schools is almost right.

[url]http://edexcellence.net/articles/time-for-a-new-non-district-charter-authorizer-in-dc-0
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This if from Andy Smarick, who is close to Kaya and one of the writers whom all the Ed Reformer read and worship:

Excerpts:  “The D.C. charter sector has grown methodically for almost two decades, now serving nearly half the city’s public school students.  [b]It is demonstrating that the district can be replaced in a gradual, deliberate fashion[/b].”

DC “…could offer America’s cities an invaluable new example of an all-charter approach.”

“They say an all-charter city would require all charters to backfill and serve as neighborhood schools. Untrue: Backfilling and residential assignments could be limited to a subset of schools.”

“Sadly, [b]PCSB’s position has closed an exhilarating chapter of reform[/b]. But D.C. can start writing a new one. It can create a great new non-district authorizer, and maybe even a cross-sector chancellor…”

“But we should all be unwilling to contribute to the pausing of D.C. chartering….”

Where do I sign up to give money to local school lobbyists?!?   Oh that’s right…there’s no money to be made in that…meanwhile PCSB the charters have dozens of think tanks and lobbyists.
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Yes, thank god this type of thinking was thoroughly rejected in the recent boundary review process, in favor of neighborhood schools. I think DC was in danger for a while of being turned into a massive social experiment like San Francisco. Thankfully I think this will be less and less likely politically as we go forward. [/quote]

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