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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s bring in some charter schools (non-profit) to the east side of the county and see how they can help, both with overcrowding and achievement gap.  [/quote]

Aren't charter schools used as an end-run around desgregation?[/quote]

No.  [b]And they’ve proven, in DC, to improve the test scores of FARMS students in both the Charters and the public schools.[/b] I assume this is because it alleviates overcrowding.  We need to fix things for these kids now. Not wait the many years it takes for mcps to build new schools etc.[/quote]

No.  DC resident here.  They're essentially a way for white/educated families to avoid their majority minority inboundary school.  Charters siphon off the well-resourced families and perpetuate segregated schools.

And I'd love to see some statistics on charters and test scores, because I thought only KIPP had a winning formula.  Other charters don't show better performance when broken down by demographics--for example, Creative Minds has a large proportion of UMC white families, and their test scores are still poor across groups.[/quote]

PP again.  I do think that charters had a useful role 10-15 years ago, in keeping families in DC that would otherwise have fled to the suburbs.  But in most cases, I think they've outlived their usefulness.  They directly compete with DCPS, as in the case of a STEM-focused charter opening across the street from a STEM-focused DCPS.

Isn’t competition a good thing?  I think DCPS has improved in large part because of that.  Aren’t we almost in the same place as DC was 15 years ago? Except people are fleeing back to DC (it sounds good to me too).

Some poorly performing charters have been shut down.  I think there's a role for certain niche charters--like those that focus on language immersion, the arts, etc.--but think that most others are no longer needed.  They contribute to traffic problems and a lack of community, as families can avoid their neighborhood school in favor of the shiny object across town.[/quote][/quote]

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