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[quote=Anonymous]Having worked in a charter school in DC (won't name it), I will say that compliance concerns were major red flags that led me to leave the school ASAP. (I teach in a different state now).

I was a big charter supporter and think they can do some amazing things for kids who do not have Any.Special.Needs.Whatsoever.And.Speak.English.

The school I worked for just did not have the resources to do right by kids who were either special needs or in ESL. Having worked in other schools, I could see how these students were being short changed and it broke my heart. Charter schools do not have the resources to meet these students' needs and have an interest in pushing them back to their neighborhood school because numbers matter more than anything. But charters do one thing right -- they market the hell out of themselves. I even bought into the hype.

But here's the thing. Public schooling is a public good and it's not necessarily going to be an efficient exercise. You are going to have kids that cost way, way more educate and those kids will have worse outcomes due to external influences (disability, family, etc). It was absolute evident to me that the parents were buying something in the hopes that their kids would get a better education than the dysfunctional world that is DCPS. For high needs kids, they aren't necessarily getting it.[/quote]

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