The way I see it, charter schools, like all private schools get a break because they cherry pick the best students; the ones with engaged families and so on.
Exactly. And you can't even trust it when schools have the data to back up that they accept special ed, English-Language Learners, kids from all backgrounds and all abilities. I was speaking to a teacher in NYC this summer who shares his school building with 2 charter schools. As he said, yeah, the charter schools start out with kids from across the spectrum, but where do you think the SPED, ELL, troubled kids, etc. end up by the end of October? Back in his public school, left to look on at all the technology and special trips, etc. the charter school kids get and wonder what's so wrong with them that they don't get any of those things.
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Date: 2011-08-16 09:35 pm (UTC)Exactly. And you can't even trust it when schools have the data to back up that they accept special ed, English-Language Learners, kids from all backgrounds and all abilities. I was speaking to a teacher in NYC this summer who shares his school building with 2 charter schools. As he said, yeah, the charter schools start out with kids from across the spectrum, but where do you think the SPED, ELL, troubled kids, etc. end up by the end of October? Back in his public school, left to look on at all the technology and special trips, etc. the charter school kids get and wonder what's so wrong with them that they don't get any of those things.