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At a Success Academy Charter School, Singling Out Pupils Who Have ‘Got to Go’

• steven2012 11y ago
  Not sure exactly what the problem is. If there is a minimum standard of behavior, and the student doesn't adhere to it, why exactly is it a problem if they are suspended, etc? Is the role of the school to educate the student or to parent them?
  • WalterSear 11y ago
    Children are children. The rules that were discussed in the article demonstrate an adversarial environment of dominance and control. I'd act out, you'ld act out.
    • thescribe 11y ago
      This is not a hypothetical for me. I went to a private school that sounds like it had approximately the same rules. I received detention at a rate of about one every six grades. I was hardly the only one. I think we had one punch thrown in the whole time I was in school. Children should, and can, work with good structured education.
• mixmastamyk 11y ago
  It seems this piece believes this is outrageous, however I'll argue the opposite, that the school should simply be more forthright about its goals. There are many parents who do not discipline their children to any meaningful degree, and then expect the rest of society to shoulder the costs. I see no reason not to transfer them to a "remedial academy" for improvement, to lessen the burden on serious students.