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The current incarnation of charter schools are a problem because they can choose who they want to admit with very loose regulations. Anyone who looks like they
by zrail 8y ago
The current incarnation of charter schools are a problem because they can choose who they want to admit with very loose regulations. Anyone who looks like they might be expensive or against whatever their corporate beliefs happen to be are not admitted. Public schools have to take everyone, which means they get the most expensive students (read: special needs and disabled students) while being stripped of revenue that they depend on to help those students.
Federalizing K-12 in the US is a pretty radical proposal but I think it's necessary if we ever want to get out of the inequality quagmire we're in now. Leveling the playing field would mean that no matter where you happen live your kids have access to well funded high quality primary education.
- nostrademons 8y agoWhich state? In Massachusetts all charter school admission is by lottery, with preference given to siblings of existing students and students who reside in the district the charter school is located in.
- zrail 8y agoYou’re right, it varies greatly by state. I’m thinking specifically of Michigan.
- nitrogen 8y agoIIRC in Utah the public schools still receive funding for charter school students. In either case, why should "easy" students be held back to the level of the "expensive" ones when instead they could go to a tech- or arts-focused charter school and contribute far more back to society? Leveling the playing field would mean that no matter where you happen live your kids have access to well funded high quality primary education. This seems...highly unlikely. Instead you will see everything reduced to the lowest common denominator, metal detectors at the doors, prison schools.