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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, these last couple of pages suddenly turned into yet another major disinformation campaign.  It's not Chinese-style "drill and kill" though there is a big focus on getting the fundamentals down.  As PP pointed out, you can't "explore" and "be creative" in any productive sense without first having good core fundamental knowledge.

It's also amusing to see BASIS portrayed as a.) "public private" whatever the hell that's supposed to mean *chuckle* and b.) some kind of cash cow.   Remember, they only get HALF as much funding per student as compared to DCPS, so if you consider charters to be such an outrageous waste of taxpayer money, then that makes DCPS DOUBLY as much an outrageous waste of taxpayer money.[/quote]

If by "disinformation" you mean observations / reflections made by a parent at the tucson campus about the tucson school, then I think you need a dictionary. While you are at it, look up "charter school" and you'll see one standard definition is "a public-private hybrid" (i.e., a privately run public school).

The degree of drilling and killing ultimately is a subjective judgment. I am curious to learn about the DC program. I and many of my friends with students at BASIS-Tucson feel the curriculum here is over the top (and this from parents with PhD's, ivy league B.A's, etc.) but still better probably overall than the abject lack of rigor at public schools. However, many parents are keeping kids at BASIS for lack of decent alternatives, not for love of the curriculum.

Finally, I brought up the financial success of the owners not to begrudge them their reward... ultimately their salary is dependent on providing a service we parents find desirable. However, BASIS began as a small, dedicated and very organic learning community. On the strength of its success, it has now morphed into a standardized franchise model and I worry about this.

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