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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read all the posts here, but in the DCPS forum, someone said that the charters are used as a "release valve" here. Not a place for all students but as an option for families that want a good education for their children so their kids aren't stuck in failing schools. There are so many people on the education forums lately saying [b]if a kid doesn't want to learn or is disruptive then let them leave and allow the other kids to get a decent education.[/b] Seems to me that is exactly what charters are doing. Letting kids that want to learn, learn. It's hard to begrudge a student an education for the sake of some sort of feigned equality.[/quote]

There's a big difference between letting a child leave and pushing a child out. Especially keeping in mind that charter schools are publicly-funded.

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I agree that there is a difference but charter schools seem to have a different mission than public schools. Public schools must educate all. If charter schools don't have to then they are doing what they can to make sure the students that can and want to learn do. FWIW, I think it's unfair to say charters do a better job than public schools since charters have a self selected population.[/quote]

Who is saying that charters, as a whole, do a better job than public schools, as a whole?

The main claim, the thing that really matters, is that the good charters do a better job than the bad public schools. Which is why over 40% of parents in DC fight their way out of their neighborhood schools into charters.

But it's just stupid to compare Mundo Verde with Janney. The real comparison is between Mundo Verde and, say, Hendley.[/quote]

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