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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This also gives an admissions preference to a certain set of largely higher SES students (students with parents working in the schools). These students are not going to be homeless, or be raised by a single parent too disabled to work. They are also largely going to be raised by parents who are very invested in education. These are exactly the type of kids many people want their kids going to school with - so I get why people whose kids are already in a charter school want this proposal to pass. But from an equity perspective, this seems nuts.

Also, for people who think this won't be manipulated, I know a lot of stay at home parents (many are former teachers) who would happily teach or work in a charter school for a few years to gain an admissions preference.[/quote]

This X 1,000!  I also know teachers who, while not SAHMs, have actually said that if this was a policy, they'd not hesitate to drop the school's they're currently at to work at a choice school when they've got babies, and then get their kids in and either go back to their other school or move onto something else (grad school, etc).  I have heard several current teachers say this.  It is naive to think people won't be strategic as hell about how to game this policy.[/quote]

This is just silly.  You think that teachers, or a SAHM who is a former teacher, can just snap her fingers and get a job at any school she wants?  Or just flip flop between schools of her choice at will?  These jobs are so plentiful and easy to come by?  I have a very hard time believing that any teacher would say this, as a teacher would know how unrealistic this is.  Unless it was a very, very naive teacher.[/quote]

DP, actually, you are being silly.  I don't know if this was the other PP's point, but you are acting as if the effects of this only matter in Year 1 or Year 2.  The point is, this policy would affect schools that haven't even opened yet, as well as current schools when maybe after a few years they have openings.  And also, DCUM posters who support this policy can't have it both ways: there can't BOTH be a problem with tremendous teacher turnover at charters AND there aren't openings at charters!  This (apparently) is a real possibility now and can shape how teachers choose which schools they want to work at and apply for in the future.  Even if all teachers can't all teach at the four most popular schools, it can still skew the distribution of the better teachers who have kids or plan to have kids.[/quote]

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