The suspension rates for charter schools: How about 56%?
Why do graduation rates and test scores seem to soar at charter schools? We have stated on this blog, as has been stated elsewhere, that these charter schools counsel students out of their schools or expel them for whatever reason that they have deemed necessary. Remember, charter schools can have their own set of rules outside the regulations of a state, city or school district, and the parents have to sign on to those qualifications. Ed reformers will say it’s freedom from regulations, I say it’s freedom for a charter school to do what they want to keep their stats looking good enough to get more students and therefore district and Title 1 money and to keep their charters with the state. It’s freedom from the rights and protections that students and their families normally enjoy as being part of a public school system.
At the end of this post, I will list some articles and studies that provide more detailed information on this phenomenon.
The next time a Stand for Children representative says that charter schools are not tied down by regulations, you can tell them exactly what that means.
What provoked this post is some research that was done and then provided by EduShyster. Here is an excerpt:
At the end of this post, I will list some articles and studies that provide more detailed information on this phenomenon.
The next time a Stand for Children representative says that charter schools are not tied down by regulations, you can tell them exactly what that means.
What provoked this post is some research that was done and then provided by EduShyster. Here is an excerpt:
