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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If WTU has taught us anything, it’s that we need more charters.[/quote]

Agreed. I think the charter sector nationwide needs controls and transparency (and especially the elimination of any for-profit involvement) but the attack on the charter sector as a whole is driven by the teacher’s union. I don’t trust their perspective anymore, as they have made it abundantly clear they represent the interests of teachers, not students.[/quote]

I’d be more pro charter if they didn’t counsel out “hard to teach” kids or kids with IEPs. I guess [b]public schools will still have to be around[/b] for those kids that the charters don’t want. [/quote]

My son is having his IEP yanked at a DCPS. Meanwhile his friend at a charter has an extraordinary IEP team. I know charters have their individual issues but I do not buy any of the conventional wisdom accusations against charters anymore. [/quote]

How many charters have self contained rooms?  We all already know about Bridges.   How many others?  How many have BES classroomzs (these are behavior classes fit kids with emotional disabilities).  So spare me the I don’t believe conventional wisdom crap. Charters do NOT educate the hardest kids. [/quote]

Here you go - actual statistics! Did you think they weren’t collected?

https://dcpcsb.org/dc-public-charter-schools-serve-higher-percentages-risk-students-and-high-needs-special-education

Diane Ravitch and her union buddies should be given zero credibility ever again. [/quote]Qa

That is really old data.  And why don't you google "Monument" and see if you are still so proud of the charter sector in this area.[/quote]

Isnt the reason they are around TO educate? Instead of expecting ALL schools to be ALL things to ALL people, im all in favor of specializing. 
Some charters are specific in their mission to reach specific populations. If some of these kids are being "left" in public schools,  maybe public schools should focus on these hard to help kids with specialty programming. They certainly have the respurces.[/quote]

It's okay to "specialize" but it's not okay to avoid the hardest kids and claim higher performance.  It isn't an apples to apples comparison and it's dishonest to say that it is.  And when charters approach 50% of the school system, it produces a concentration of high-needs students in the traditional system that makes it more difficult for high-needs-concentration schools to function.  
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