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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ha! I am not deciding what a public school is! When you take public money and hold yourself out to be a public school, the school has decided. The parents want a private school education, and peer group but do not want to pay/ move for it. I am not saying its bad, but let's get the record straight. Before this becomes another 'example' of how charters outperform DCPS.[/quote]

No, but you are attempting to dictate policy for public charter schools.  The charter school law in DC does not require charters to adopt curricula that serve the needs of all DC children.  While they cannot deny any DC child the opportunity to enroll, they do not have alter their program to guarantee that the child is successful there.

As OP notes, when the public charter school board approved BASIS's charter, it did so with understanding that the BASIS curriculum would serve the needs of many, but not all DC children, yet you continue to argue that BASIS cannot operate in a manner that the board has already approved.  All evidence points to the fact that you are wrong.

Furthermore, BASIS will become another example of how charters outperform DCPS.

Like you, DCPS seems to believe that its mission is to bring below-grade-level children up to grade level, while relegating grade-level children and advanced learners to mediocre educations.  In part this philosophy is attributable to NCLB.  In part it is attributable to the provisioning of social services in schools and can probably be traced back to the Great Society programs of the 1960s.

Of course, the grade-level children and advanced learners have the highest potential for impressive educational outcomes.  By offering programs that attract those children, charter schools such as BASIS and Latin will ultimately deliver results that are more impressive than anything DCPS will deliver. 
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