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[quote=Anonymous]PP here - wow this site really could benefit with username system!
Just to clarify I teach at the BASIS high school campus in Tucson. I follow BASIS DC threads out of interest to see how this charter is faring as it expands at a rapid clip across the nation. Certainly it is a love it or hate it kind of school (at least among frequenters of charter school online chat forums!) Personally I preferred it when BASIS was a niche school for a few extremely gifted and/or hardworking kids, and the academic program was much less accelerated and AP-focused than it is now. The corporatization of BASIS and increase in size and academic acceleration has negatively impacted the culture and strength of the program here IMO, both for teachers and students. BASIS DC has the potential to be a unique organic learning community (like we were back in the day) if it is allowed to do its own thing. I worry that the corporate model will prevent this from happening. I like charter schools but I see no good coming from this "educational management corporation" model. Charter operators I think should be limited to one or two locations, all within one state. The BASIS owners I think have profit, not educational excellence, foremost in their minds as they engage in this expansion. Real educators know that a successful school community in comprised of a 1000 intangible elements, forged in a cultural crucible over many years. There is no magical "BASIS" recipe for educational success, though desperate parents might like to think otherwise.
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