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Also, the lottery is used to choose from those that apply (not all students in a district). Students with parents that are more involved are the ones that appl
by jaynos 12y ago
Also, the lottery is used to choose from those that apply (not all students in a district). Students with parents that are more involved are the ones that apply for the lottery.
- jack-r-abbit 12y agoYou say that like it is a bad thing. But that is exactly how a lottery works. If you don't have a Powerball ticket, you can't sit at home and watch the drawing on TV and then complain you didn't win. Parents should be involved in the education of their children. If they take the (tiny, tiny) extra effort to fill out the application to a charter school in addition to enrolling in their designated neighborhood school then those are the ones that have a chance to win. You can't blame the school for the parents not involved enough to make an effort. (and really... the effort is not that great)
- pdabbadabba 12y agoIt's certainly not a bad thing, generally speaking. But the point, I think, is that it is a bad thing for the purposes of using student performance to evaluate the educational quality of the school. Students with involved parents outperform the children of parents who don't care.