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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, I just googled the locations of BASIS schools. They’re all in NYC, DC, Sillicon Valley, Phoenix & Scottsdale. If their model is go great, why aren’t there any in some rural industrial town in Pa, Detroit, St. Louis, Memphis or Buffalo?[/quote]

You are confusing for profit BASIS Independent Schools (NY, Silicon Valley) with the free, pure lottery charter schools. The latter are in DC, Mesa, Phoenix, Baton Rouge and a bunch of other urban environments. Troll better. [/quote]

Just as there are wealthy and less wealthy areas of DC, there are UMC and poor areas of all of those cities, and where you locate makes a huge difference in which of those populations can actually get there. If you’re going to need to take 3 busses to take your kid to school, you’re probably not going to send them. [/quote]

No doubt. The point you miss is why the distinction between for-profit/tuition versus lottery admission-free charters is so important. The latter are available to anyone. If they are willing to take 2 buses they have a fair shot. As opposed to to tuition or IB schools that are based on wealth and birth luck. Get it?  [/quote]

It’s really unclear what point you are trying to make. [/quote]

Seems pretty clear to me. Your reply acted like whether a school charges tuition and has admission tests or is a charter school doesn't matter. Poster is explaining to you why there is a huge difference.  [/quote]

I don’t really think there’s that huge a difference if all schools are pulling a MC/UMC population…[/quote]

Uhm... You live in la la land. BASIS Independent schools are selective and can kick out behavior problems/underperformers. That's pretty relevantly different even if parents have similar income levels... but also how many MC kids go to private school?[/quote]

It's like you're having a different argument.  I'm not the first poster, but their point was BASIS locates itself in UMC areas (vs rural LMC areas) and then claims that their success is based on their model.  That poster got accused of being a troll.  But they do have a point, because even in urban areas, BASIS locates itself in areas that are in close proximity to a large population of UMC families.  That's clearly at least part of the reason for their success.

Also, whether it's private, test-in or the DC system of not advancing students, BASIS does have a mechanism at each school to weed out underperforming students.

To be clear, I don't have any issue with this approach, because I want my kid to get a good education, and I think peer group matters. [/quote]

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