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Friday, July 27, 2012
Two more groups propose new charter schools in New Bedford
8 comments:
Sick and Tired
said...
The bottom line is that Charter Schools DO NOT serve ALL students...they choose students in a lottery, they have disproportionately less SPED and ELL students, and they "counsel out" those students who were accepted but decided to be less than desirable in their school setting (most often students with special needs or disciplinary issues). They also have extremely high turnover rates for teachers and administrators.
Public schools, by contrast, serve ALL students regardless of anything, and provide the students with highly-qualified and certified teachers who generally do not leave after 1 or 2 years in service.
By now, you probably read today’s article in the blab sheet from Elm Street. If you don’t want to buy a copy, let me give you the high points. At least two city councilors (Martins and Lawrence) said they decided to give themselves a 44% raise after the mayor advocated to add four (4) additional positions to his office. The article also featured the re-emergence of “citizen” Scott Lang who said “there must have been a deal” between the city council and the mayor.
Before I continue, I must say that I’m glad Scott Lang has added his voice to the public discourse. He has been too silent for too long. While this blogger sometimes disagreed with him, I admire Scott’s intellect and dedication to our city.
When Mr. Mitchell was running for office, he often used the word “transparency.” Where was the transparency here?
Up until now, Mitchell has been the darling of the blab sheet from Elm Street (I won’t give Steve Urbon and Bob Unger the satisfaction of referring to the “Paper” by name) and the city council. The FFP now has to make a choice. If he supports the raises, the folks on Elm Street won’t be happy. Option 2, a veto of the pay raise ordinance, hurts his relations with the council. Mitchell’s Dilemma will have Jon and his policy lap dog Neil Melo doing some fast talking. Who says politics is boring? COMING THIS WEEKEND: My critique of “More Than Just Talk” on WBSM.
Thank you for the sensible critique. Me & my cousin were just preparing to do some research on this. We got a book from our local library but I think I learned better from this post. I’m very glad to see such great info being shared freely out there…
The most hopeful thing about charters is satisfaction in the bewilderment that will befall the commenters/bloggers/"teachers" who thought all their woes were made up of conspiracies they "heard" about central admin. More, more, more. Give them what they want.
8 comments:
The bottom line is that Charter Schools DO NOT serve ALL students...they choose students in a lottery, they have disproportionately less SPED and ELL students, and they "counsel out" those students who were accepted but decided to be less than desirable in their school setting (most often students with special needs or disciplinary issues). They also have extremely high turnover rates for teachers and administrators.
Public schools, by contrast, serve ALL students regardless of anything, and provide the students with highly-qualified and certified teachers who generally do not leave after 1 or 2 years in service.
We are witnessing the decay of the public school system.
Great post from a new blog. Pass it on.
http://whalingcitywatch.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/mitchells-dilema/
By now, you probably read today’s article in the blab sheet from Elm Street. If you don’t want to buy a copy, let me give you the high points. At least two city councilors (Martins and Lawrence) said they decided to give themselves a 44% raise after the mayor advocated to add four (4) additional positions to his office. The article also featured the re-emergence of “citizen” Scott Lang who said “there must have been a deal” between the city council and the mayor.
Before I continue, I must say that I’m glad Scott Lang has added his voice to the public discourse. He has been too silent for too long. While this blogger sometimes disagreed with him, I admire Scott’s intellect and dedication to our city.
When Mr. Mitchell was running for office, he often used the word “transparency.” Where was the transparency here?
Up until now, Mitchell has been the darling of the blab sheet from Elm Street (I won’t give Steve Urbon and Bob Unger the satisfaction of referring to the “Paper” by name) and the city council. The FFP now has to make a choice. If he supports the raises, the folks on Elm Street won’t be happy. Option 2, a veto of the pay raise ordinance, hurts his relations with the council. Mitchell’s Dilemma will have Jon and his policy lap dog Neil Melo doing some fast talking. Who says politics is boring?
COMING THIS WEEKEND: My critique of “More Than Just Talk” on WBSM.
http://whalingcitywatch.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/mitchells-dilema/
New Bedford's teachers have a new friend on a new blog:
http://whalingcitywatch.wordpress.com/
charter schools pick and choose their students! What the public school gets is the left overs-parent and children who could give two s--ts! Enough!
Thank you for the sensible critique. Me & my cousin were just preparing to do some research on this. We got a book from our local library but I think I learned better from this post. I’m very glad to see such great info being shared freely out there…
The most hopeful thing about charters is satisfaction in the bewilderment that will befall the commenters/bloggers/"teachers" who thought all their woes were made up of conspiracies they "heard" about central admin. More, more, more. Give them what they want.
Why is the NBPS website so out of date?
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