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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Perdido Street School: NYSED Commissioner John King: Success Through Suspension And Attrition

Perdido Street School: NYSED Commissioner John King: Success Through Suspension And Attrition:

NYSED Commissioner John King: Success Through Suspension And Attrition



Chris Cerrone posts about NYSED Commissioner John King's experience running a charter school:

King is a big charter supporter and earned his limited experience in that realm of education.  Looking at the Roxbury Prep Charter School that King helped to found might show why he steers clear of charters for his own children.  Recent data shows Roxbury’s suspension rate of 56%,  ten times that of other schools in Massachusetts.  Going back in time closer to King’s reign at Roxbury, the suspension rate was an appalling 70%.

70% suspension rate.

Roxbury Prep claims the following on its website:

The mission of Roxbury Preparatory Charter School is to prepare its students to enter, succeed in, and graduate from college.

Hard to do that when you're suspending at a 70% rate, as the