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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But with the same budgets, there are schools that do not have a gaping achievement gap. ITS' (and other schools with this problem) should send someone out to interview, observe and learn from other schools. That's the whole idea of charters -- to innovate and find new ways to educate ALL students.

If it isn't working they need to course correct or fold their tent. If a school can't out-perform the traditional school sector why are they open?[/quote]

Again with the nonsense. At-risk kids need more time at school because their parents don't drill multiplication facts and are more likely to park them in front of screens for hours on end. You don't mke up for that handicap with observations. You don't even make up for that handicap by making those parenta drive from SE to upper NW every morning to a rich white public or private school, other than driving the self-selection of at-risk familiea who are able to support their kids and pull their scores up. 
Observe and learn. Sounds like thoughts and prayers to me. Name two schools that are doing what you say and dcum will tell you why their gap is narrower.  Whatever it is, I bet it's not magical equity skills. [/quote]

I guess I'm not being clear. I don't think we disagree. The achievement gap data shows that several of the so-called progressive charter models are failing at-risk kids right now (ITS, CMI, 2R at 4th and most of the Montessori elementaries).

Cap City is doing significantly better than the city average for at-risk students. They are NOT drilling or putting students in front of screens for hours.

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