Charter schools get failing grade


Charter schools fail to meet educational standards, says David Sirota in In These Times. “Taxpayers are paying a premium to underwrite a segregated system now producing worse academic results than traditional public schools,” he says.

John de Rosier

3 Responses

  1. Victor Blackthorne says:

    What did you expect? We have charter schools because we are unable to deal with what must be dealt with. Everyone understands that to excel in football requires considerable effort. But to excel at math all that is required is a good teacher. The thought of keeping the schools open until five so that those who want to work a place to work and someone to help them eludes those who control these matters.

    In large portions of Albany students have the choice of serious study or an apprenticeship in the drug industry. Until drugs are made legal the schools will be competing with an alternative means to social mobility.

    In talking about charter schools we should consider the graduation rate of Albany High.

  2. Jim M says:

    Charter Schools are negative. They will not take special education students and do not want ESL students. They also facilitate segregation…Why aren’t the charters in the suburbs??? Can anyone answer that?

  3. EriK says:

    Sirota asks the question: Are charter schools living up to their original mission as experimental schools pioneering better education outcomes and reducing segregation?

    He didn’t look very hard for an answer.

    Since he apparently lives in New Haven, why doesn’t he get off his progressive duff and look at Amistad Academy Charter School right in his backyard. The school is one of many charter schools that are nationally recognized successes.

    Close bad charter schools, close bad traditional public schools. Problem fixed.

    What’s that? We can’t close traditional public school except in extreme circumstances? Now that’s a problem.