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[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 public schools will still have to be around 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 classrooms (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] 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] I'm really perplexed at why the PP thinks these statistics help her cause. First of all, it's SY 17-18 data. Don't you think if more recent data made the charter sector look good, it would be publicized? They do love to toot their own horn. Second, this shows a higher percentage of at-risk kids, but at-risk is a huge category in DCPS and not all of those kids are actually living in poverty or especially hard to serve. And DCPS has more English Language Learners, which is challenging in its own way. Third, for special needs, this data includes adult-ed charters, so again it isn't really an apples to apples comparison. And even when adult-ed is included, the charter sector only had more kids in two of the four IEP categories, and it's only a little bit higher. DCPS has more of the highest level IEPs, and more total special needs overall. So really, this data a roughly even split at best. The bottom line is DCPS still had more kids with special needs, and that's with the charter sector counting its adult students. Most importantly, it doesn't consider DCPS' obligation to serve all kids at all times, having high-needs placements available immediately for whoever moves to the city or leaves their charter or gets expelled or pushed out or served so poorly that they leave. If the charter sector wants to take on some of that responsibility for guaranteeing capacity, that would be an interesting project. But until they do, it just isn't the same.[/quote]
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