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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The laws governing charter schools need to be changed. It's a failed experiment that hasn't meaningfully improved education in DC.

There are some great schools and lessons we can learn from them, but there's no reason to hide what is going on. We should have transparency and real oversight now. No more fox guarding the henhouse.[/quote]

I agree there need to be changes but education hasn't meaningfully improved in DC?? Either you don't have a kid in school or you're one of the old residents who was ok with underperforming, violent schools. Education in DC is better and charters made it possible. Is the entire PCSB board/staff corrupt? IDK but I know there are corrupt players everywhere -- PCSB, DCPS, OSSE. We need to get them out not shut down the institutions that are delivering better choices for families. 
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I have two, actually. And I'm not an old timer.  If you get past the charter school taking points, you'll see that it's really gentrification that has improved the overall score in DC. There are minor variances that the marketing people latch on to, but we're really not helping the kids who need it most.

I'm all for having additional flexibility for individual schools, but we can get rid of the inefficiency from corruption in non-transparent / self-dealing situations, lack of coordination between sectors, and disruption from increased school closures.

The whole "free market" schools was never a good idea. It doesn't help.[/quote]

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