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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You didn't get the memo, PP.  The purpose of public education -- especially charter school -- is to close the achievement gap.   [/quote]

The purpose of public education is to educate students -- all students. Closing the achievement gap is an ideal for [b]SOME[/b] charter schools. [/quote]

[b]The original intent for all charter schools in the District of Columbia was to close the achievement gap.[/b] Now, it's just a free-fall for all who choose to venture into the PCS arena. [/quote]

1.  No, there were multiple intended benefits, of which closing the achievement gap was one.

2.  No, it's not a free-for-all.  It's been well-documented [b](even by the left-oriented Washington Post)[/b] that in Washington DC, charters do a superior job of educating lower-income and minority students in all subjects tested.[/quote]

Haha. The Post editorial board (which is now divorced from Pearson but I believe has largely the same composition) includes the biggest public-school bashers and Rhee-boosters in the country. JoAnne Armao never met an inner city school she didn't want to charterize.
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They didn't get to design the tests, administer them, or doctor the data.  The results speak for themselves.  DC charters do their job better than DCPS.  They have done for years, and continue to.  They do it with less money, largely becaue they're unencumbered by the dysfunction that touches every single aspect of DC Government.  There's a lesson in there (hint: DC politicans, cronyism, and corruption...)[/quote]

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