When it comes to charter schools I think everyone needs to read between the lines. No city or town can continue to pump money into private/public charter schools and advance the public education of Pre-K. The public schools are just as important, if not more so, than the charter schools. It is wrong to focus on one particular charter school to emphasis importance that they may not deserve. Not all charter schools are doing well and there has to be a transition back to public education to regain their strength.
Exceptionalism as a pretext to maintaining publicly based charter schools is simply wrong. So the fifth grade is doing well, what about the rest of the children. Exceptionalism with a fifth grade outcomes in NY State doesn't translate into success across the system for all fifth graders and those receiving a public education. To state there are ONLY 50 thousand more children that have to be placed in publicly based charter schools is a bizarre statement. That was 50 thousand. Not fifty. What are people thinking?
There are children across this country that aren't necessarily receiving advocacy from their parents. So, those children are probably not appearing in the 50 thousand either. The entire concept is elitism gone wrong.
The public needs to appreciate they need to learn from the charter school experience in the country and possibly adjust public school's cirriculum, but, to make a point that sucess only lies in maintaining and growing charter schools is extremely poor judgement. These are children, not Wall Street. The value system is very different and the USA tax dollar doesn't have the purchasing power it used to. Privatizing the public school system doesn't provide more efficiency, it provides inequality.
If the American taxpayer is frustrated with their choices in public and charter schools,thren stop to realize what the tax bill will be when the public schools disappear off the landscape. Yhere will be no end to the demands of the charter school system. These administrators make multiples of what public administrators make. Do there teachers? The entire idea is silly.
I can hear it now, "But, the public demanded we take on all the children because we have enhanced performance. Surely they don't expect the charter schools to survive and thrive on the current payment system and process, do they?"
Mayor Bill de Blasio appreciates a good laugh. (Credit: Getty Images / Andrew Burton)
It's tremendously encouraging (click here) that officials across New York State are debating how to move forward with universal prekindergarten. Research shows that high-quality pre-K is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve learning and graduation rates, especially for high-needs kids. Yet today, fewer than half of New York's 4-year-olds have access to public pre-K.
With such a pressing need for more high-quality pre-K slots, it's perhaps not surprising that a substantial disagreement has cropped up about who should implement a universal program -- and how it would be funded....
Exceptionalism as a pretext to maintaining publicly based charter schools is simply wrong. So the fifth grade is doing well, what about the rest of the children. Exceptionalism with a fifth grade outcomes in NY State doesn't translate into success across the system for all fifth graders and those receiving a public education. To state there are ONLY 50 thousand more children that have to be placed in publicly based charter schools is a bizarre statement. That was 50 thousand. Not fifty. What are people thinking?
There are children across this country that aren't necessarily receiving advocacy from their parents. So, those children are probably not appearing in the 50 thousand either. The entire concept is elitism gone wrong.
The public needs to appreciate they need to learn from the charter school experience in the country and possibly adjust public school's cirriculum, but, to make a point that sucess only lies in maintaining and growing charter schools is extremely poor judgement. These are children, not Wall Street. The value system is very different and the USA tax dollar doesn't have the purchasing power it used to. Privatizing the public school system doesn't provide more efficiency, it provides inequality.
If the American taxpayer is frustrated with their choices in public and charter schools,thren stop to realize what the tax bill will be when the public schools disappear off the landscape. Yhere will be no end to the demands of the charter school system. These administrators make multiples of what public administrators make. Do there teachers? The entire idea is silly.
I can hear it now, "But, the public demanded we take on all the children because we have enhanced performance. Surely they don't expect the charter schools to survive and thrive on the current payment system and process, do they?"
Mayor Bill de Blasio appreciates a good laugh. (Credit: Getty Images / Andrew Burton) It's tremendously encouraging (click here) that officials across New York State are debating how to move forward with universal prekindergarten. Research shows that high-quality pre-K is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve learning and graduation rates, especially for high-needs kids. Yet today, fewer than half of New York's 4-year-olds have access to public pre-K.
With such a pressing need for more high-quality pre-K slots, it's perhaps not surprising that a substantial disagreement has cropped up about who should implement a universal program -- and how it would be funded....
