Curiosities t1_j9i7frb wrote
Reply to comment by actualtext in Parents fume over Governor Hochul’s charter school expansion proposal | amNewYork by barweis
>If the argument is that charter schools are better because they aren't government run then let them play the same rules as government run schools do.
Yep, this is the only way to get a fair comparison between regular public schools and charter schools. No discrimination against disabled kids/kids with IEPs, poor kids, kids that need remedial resources and additional classes, kids who aren't scoring at grade level. It's not a legitimate better chance unless it's operating under the same rules. It's just discriminating and lining business pockets. All while treating teachers worse without unions.
koreamax t1_j9ig4ag wrote
I feel like people here think Success Academy is the only Charter. Many of them are not like that
mikevago t1_j9jyni5 wrote
Success Academy is the biggest example of "one guy ruining it for everyone" since someone put a razor blade in a piece of Halloween candy in the '70s.
My kids went to a charter in Jersey City, and not one of the knee-jerk criticisms the previous comment rattled off apply. My son had an IEP and they lavished support and resources on him. The school was more than 50% reduced lunch, they had special ed kids, they only expelled one student in my kids' 10 years there (and he was stalking and making threats against another student), and they did it all with less per-student funding than mainstream public schools and the state didn't pay for busing.
And I have no idea what business' pockets are being lined — like every charter in New York and New Jersey, the school is run by a nonprofit board. But the facts will never stand in the way of good talking points, and the "all charter schools are a corporate plot" one will never die.
PuzzleheadedWalrus71 t1_j9kjnur wrote
>the state didn't pay for busing.
Who paid for busing? Usually students with IEPs have the right to special transportation if they need it.
johnniewelker t1_j9i8ryx wrote
I agree that ideally charter schools have the same admission requirements… however, the main reason charter schools exist is because they reject the “problem childs.”
The level of violence a kid can be subjected in the bad public schools is insane. The government has failed the public in education. Charter schools are just band aids
Longjumping_Vast_797 t1_j9jv1g9 wrote
Maybe public schools should enact a zero tolerance attitude for bad behavior, instead of leaving dead beat punks in the classroom. Then, maybe they'd attract higher talent.
We have no obligation to keep a disruptive student in the classroom to destroy others' education. The opportunity is there, it's those misbehaving students' choices to bypass an education.
GET. THEM. OUT.
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