NAACP members call for ban on privately managed charter schools
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NAACP members call for ban on privately managed charter schools
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#2So, less about the advancement of colored people, and more about being lock-step with the Democratic party (which in this case means the teachers' union).
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#3So, less about the advancement of colored people, and more about being lock-step with the Democratic party (which in this case means the teachers' union).
* Require that at least 50 percent of the members of each charter school governing board be representatives from among parents at the school (elected by parents) and, in the case of high schools, students (elected by students);
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#4Lesser of two evils. Black communities in the U.S. are in a tough situation: one party is openly hostile and racist, and the other props up teachers' unions and failing school districts (not to mention "think of the children" tough-on-crime policies) that do tremendous real damage too.
In D.C.--a city where student performance continues to be abysmal despite nearly double the per-capita funding of surrounding "rich" counties--some of the most well-regarded schools in heavily-minority neighborhoods are charters. Indeed, D.C. charters educate about 45% of the students and are outperforming the district schools, despite having poorer students and less funding: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/2015/10/05/wash...; https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/more-dc-stude...
Educating kids in poor minority neighborhoods is hard enough. There is no reason to hamstring the process--indeed, to make it intractable--by running schools like General Motors circa 1960.
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#5So, less about the advancement of colored people, and more about being lock-step with the Democratic party (which in this case means the teachers' union).
The article states how the NAACP believes private charter schools hurt blacks and minorities specifically.
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#6So, less about the advancement of colored people, and more about being lock-step with the Democratic party (which in this case means the teachers' union).
Bingo.
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#7Lesser of two evils. Black communities in the U.S. are in a tough situation: one party is openly hostile and racist, and the other props up teachers' unions and failing school districts (not to mention "think of the children" tough-on-crime policies) that do tremendous real damage too. In D.C.--a city where student performance continues to be abysmal despite nearly double the per-capita funding of surrounding "rich"…
I was going to say something similar but with less facts :-) We've talked with a number of charter school efforts and one of the supports for such schools is the notion that the students that attend want to attend so being expelled is an actual deterrent. Further, teachers who want to teach classes of students who want to be there don't want to be fired which provides incentive to be better teachers.
I think the NAACPs primary agenda here is that they feel Charter schools create a policy "out" for the history of being unwilling to take the steps necessary to make public schools work (and union reform is high on that list). As a result they can't get any traction on getting the public schools fixed if the policy maker says "well get your children into the charter school if you have a problem with it." and since Charter schools cannot serve the entire population, people will not make it in who would have benefited from being in, and the school they are "forced" to go to, is being neglected by people who should fix it.
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#8I don't understand why a prerequisite for other types of schools is a lack of privately managed charter schools. Inner city schools are such a disaster, it seems like the last thing we should be doing is blocking any new ideas -- privately managed or not.
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#9The recommendations at the end of the article sound pretty reasonable. Choice is great, but the switching costs are pretty high when schools mistreat students and parents. Transparent representation for students and parents seems required for good outcomes.
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#10Lesser of two evils. Black communities in the U.S. are in a tough situation: one party is openly hostile and racist, and the other props up teachers' unions and failing school districts (not to mention "think of the children" tough-on-crime policies) that do tremendous real damage too. In D.C.--a city where student performance continues to be abysmal despite nearly double the per-capita funding of surrounding "rich"…
Charters have a lot of advantages (like they don't have to accept all students, can hire/fire more easily, can kick out bad students) but _still_ don't outperform public schools as a class.
I totally agree that there are some excellent charter schools — but there are excellent public schools too, and not only in extremely wealthy neighborhoods. Our challenge is finding the best model we can that can be replicated at scale; charter schools don't seem to be helping with that.