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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For profit education is not the problem here. The problem is the inability or unwillingness of DCPS to educate kids. A BASIS elementary school isn’t going to make DCPS schools any better or worse. DCPS will continue its race to the bottom all on its own. At least BASIS gives families a choice. [/quote]

There are two problems.  (1) DCPS and (2) charter schools give parents "options" that are probably not better, but everything thinks they are because they chose it.

BASIS has been looking to locate close to good or getting-better DCPS elementary schools.  This is likely to hurt DCPS elementary schools because people will send their kid to BASIS (no matter how inappropriate the BASIS model is for small children), in order to secure a middle school spot.

DCPS has no one to blame but themselves, though.  They could easily switch feeder patterns or consolidate schools in places like Capitol Hill in order to have a stronger Deal-like middle school, but they refuse to do anything that might result in better schools.  [/quote]

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