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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From where I sit, it's not that BASIS students aren't working hard enough to do a lot of extra independent work. The problem is that they aren't encouraged to take much initiative as students from the get-go, because the program exists for AP test prep. The result is that students aren't encouraged to study any subject past the AP level. A dynamic intellectual environment for teens can't emerge from this picture along with much in the way of joy of learning or character/ethics training.

The non-democratic BASIS parents organization (the BASIS Arizona franchise bans formal PTAs or parent organizations) hits you up for a donation to top up teachers' pay at least once a month. You can ignore them, but they do their utmost to shame you into submissions.  The arrangement is warped, sad and downright weird. [/quote]

the most galling part is that it's a for-profit operation, so you're making donations because they don't have a big enough profit margin.

And before you say it, yeah, yeah, yeah the local charter is operated by a non-profit, but they pay the for-profit for curriculum and management and rent.[/quote]

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