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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Yeah, but if it were non-profit, DCPS could save the money that's being creamed off the top to send to shareholders and expand one of the successful charter schools. Or, in theory, improve the non-charter options. [/quote]

You seem clueless.

Let's examine your argument.

KIPP is a charter network with schools in DC, with 7000 students.  It is a nonprofit.  KIPP DC receives $213 million a year--most of this from DC taxpayers--and spends $1.6 million of this on executive salaries, paying executives $250,000-$350,000/year.

What is DC getting for this money?  Let's see:  The best KIPP in DC is College Prep.  At this school, only 24% of the kids are at grade level in reading, 0% are at grade level in science, and only 2% received a 3 on at least one AP exam.

And somehow you think that this is better than BASIS DC, which is the #1 ranked public middle school in DC and #1 non-selective public high school in DC?

I assume that you are just some weird troll but, if not, you are just ignorant.  Go away.[/quote]

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