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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lobby away. Dcps is just following health guidelines set by DC Health. [/quote]

But DCPS and the teachers union aren't innovating like they could.  Not at all.  Come on, in the Nordic countries and Germany, elementary school classes are often taking place outside, e.g. in public parks.  No way will the teachers unions permit that in this country.  I bet you're going to see charter schools take the lead in keeping learning rolling in the fall, not DCPS.  I see charter innovation during the pandemic pushing the District over the cliff into greater enrollment in charters than in DCPS for the first time, within the next two years.  I'm not a charter booster, but with elementary school-age kids in DCPS facing 1-2 days a week of in-person learning in the fall, I might become one if local friends with kids in charters are getting considerably more in-person learning than we are (and I bet they will find a way).[/quote]

Charters "find a way" by finding a way to kick out the children for whom your innovations are not safe. For example, outside classes are great, but not when you have a student with autism who is a flight risk.[/quote]

My charter school has an autism program and an intellectually disabled program (self-contained). Stop with your nonsense. Both DCPS and Charters will need to innovate to get through this crisis. [/quote]

Different PP here.
The charter isn't a self-contained, please do your research. Also I see you didn't try to refute them kicking children out in October  :roll: 
It's actually a well known fact and that's why so many DCPS schools are trying to get the enrollment audit date and policies to change. Because after the October cutoff the charter school student transfers to DCPS however the charter school keeps the money.

And I do think charter schools innovate however they do not have to deal with the same things, with more freedom and the fact that teachers get paid crap AND can't unionize. But you know why they choose charters sometimes despite this? Because they are easier to teach at and less stress.

I think charters should just become private schools, we are the only country who steals money for 'public private schools,' it makes no sense and it definitely hasn't helped the United States close the gap we have to some top performing countries. [/quote]

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