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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, does it really matter? Children of professional,highly educated, upper middle class parents will do fine at Basis.  They'll do fine at any school. The parents who pulled their kids out of charters claiming there wasn't enough "rigor" there will tell you that their child has never been happier and that it was the best move ever. Seriously, what are they going to say: "Gosh, I put my kid in a school with no track record here and it sucks.  I was duped." Of course not. Again their kid will be fine and good for them.

There real question is what happens to the children who do not have family support and who have learning needs.  Can we track children who have entered this month and see where they are 3 years from now? I'd like to know the demographics of those who are NOT around 3 years from now. [/quote]

NO, there's plenty of children who won't "do fine at any school".  When DC has classroom after classroom full of kids who are barely proficient, with kids who are disruptive and so on - a chunk of the teacher's time is spent on remediation and managing crises rather than teaching. [b] The brighter kids end up losing out, because the class ends up gravitating toward the lowest common denominator, and the bright kids end up bored and not getting what they need, it's a waste of time for them.  The well-behaved kids end up losing out, they end up surrounded by negative influences and disruption.  The hard-working kids lose out because they see those who don't do the work getting promoted right alongside them.  All of that erodes away at the child.[/b]

With regard to those low-SES students who don't have family support - I don't see how anyone can find fault in BASIS or any other school where it comes to that.  Schools do not have the mission, means, mandate or ability to intervene in students' homes where there is a lack of parental support or where there are other problems - and those students will by and large struggle regardless of the school setting.  Those are issues which must be dealt with by other means.[/quote]

Wow. Could you explain some more about how these children are so traumatized? Because according to the data, upper middle class kids in DC do just fine on testing regardless of the school they're in.  Are these kids turning to drugs or dropping out of school? Are they showing up at the ped's office with a higher rate of illness? What is this "eroding" look like?

As for the low SES kids, Basis IS saying that it can find success for all students.  That includes the ones where there isn't family support.  It IS their mission to intervene at school and mitigate any home circumstances.  [/quote]

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