Enrollment by Year
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Gr. 5
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Gr. 6
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Gr. 7
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Gr. 8
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Gr. 9
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Gr. 10
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Gr. 11
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Gr. 12
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GLCS - Horace Mann 2002-03
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90
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96
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62
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2003-04
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29
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59
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79
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70
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2004-05
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36
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67
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82
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71
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23
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2005-06
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43
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72
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77
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74
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33
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24
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2006-07
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71
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75
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69
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76
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35
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36
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23
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GLCS - Commonwealth 2007-08
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95
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71
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72
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66
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26
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18
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24
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15
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2008-09
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82
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119
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73
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73
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31
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17
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15
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19
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2009-10
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83
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84
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116
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60
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38
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28
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14
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13
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2010-11
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84
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109
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90
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99
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34
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31
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23
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13
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2011-12
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79
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79
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107
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81
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53
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23
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26
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19
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2012-13
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83
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89
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88
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99
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40
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44
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20
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25
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Enrollment by Cohort
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Gr. 5
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Gr. 6
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Gr. 7
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Gr. 8
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Gr. 9
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Gr. 10
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Gr. 11
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Gr. 12
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Students expected
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to complete program (Grade 12) in
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2006-07
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62
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2007-08
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96
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70
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23
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24
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23
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15
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2008-09
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90
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79
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71
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33
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36
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24
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19
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2009-10
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59
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82
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74
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35
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18
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15
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13
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2010-11
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29
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67
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77
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76
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26
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17
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14
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13
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2011-12
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36
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72
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69
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66
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31
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28
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23
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19
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2012-13
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43
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75
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72
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73
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38
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31
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26
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25
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2013-14
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71
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71
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73
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60
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34
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23
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20
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2014-15
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95
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119
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116
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99
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53
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44
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2015-16
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82
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84
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90
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81
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40
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2016-17
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83
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109
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107
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99
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2017-18
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84
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79
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88
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2018-19
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79
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89
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2019-20
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83
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Total # of Students
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Gr. 5
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Gr. 6
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Gr. 7
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Gr. 8
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Gr. 9
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Gr. 10
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Gr. 11
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Gr. 12
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Enrolled
Per Grade
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from 2003
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685
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914
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949
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831
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313
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221
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145
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104
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Source:
DESE
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Updated
1/28/2014
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Enrollment
data by grade for each school year.
Enrollment
data represents the October 1 enrollment for each year submitted to DESE.
In
2002-03, the Global Horace Mann School opened with grades 6, 7, and 8 with
enrollments of 90, 96, and 62 respectively.
In
2006-07, the school included grades 5-11, with a total of 385 students.
Global
Education converted to a Commonwealth Charter in 2007-08 with grades 5-12.
Enrollment data by cohort
The cohort enrollment data present the same data as above,
but display how the cohort enrollment changes for each year of the school's
grade range. The data reflect aggregate
enrollment and do not involve tracking individual students over time. The actual students who are enrolled may
change from year to year; if so, the number of students who do not complete the
program would be higher.
For example
2007-08 cohort - 96 students started at the Global
Horace Mann Charter in Grade 7 in 2002-03 when the school opened. This cohort would be expected to complete
the program in Grade 12 in 2007-08. 23
students in this cohort were enrolled in 2006-07. When the school converted to
a Commonwealth Charter in 2007-08 there were 15 students enrolled in Grade 12.
The cohort that graduated
in 2013 (purple-shaded cells) had 43 students in grade 5; the enrollment rose
to 75 in grade 6. By grade 9, the
cohort had 38 students; 25 students were enrolled in the fall of 2012.
This enrollment pattern is similar to that of other cohorts.
The school has typically seen a large decline in cohort enrollment between
Grade 8 and 9 and almost always declines through the high school years.
In
the all the years the school has existed, they have had a total of 104 students
enrolled in grade 12.
23 comments:
Great Articles and letters about the Global Charter School.
1. Charter Schools don't measure up to conventional schools: Submitted by Eddie L. Johnson
http://nbeducators.blogspot.com/2012/01/charter-schools-dont-measure-up-to.html
2. Charter schools “lose” too many students
http://nbeducators.blogspot.com/2011/12/charter-schools-lose-too-many-students.html
3.Charter School Falls Short of Standards By Chuck Lapre
http://nbeducators.blogspot.com/2011/04/charter-school-falls-short-of-standards.html
4.Are Teacher Unions Under Attack?
http://nbeducators.blogspot.com/2011/04/are-teacher-unions-under-attack_19.html
5.Mayor Mitchell needs to focus on all of New Bedford's Schools - submitted by Eddie L. Johnson
http://nbeducators.blogspot.com/2012/03/mayor-mitchell-needs-to-focus-on-all-of.html
6. Global Learning Charter School: Transparency is not its forte....by Bill Lacey
http://nbeducators.blogspot.com/2013/02/global-learning-charter-school.html
7. Is the Global Learning Charter School Failing Its Students?
http://nbeducators.blogspot.com/2012/06/is-global-learning-charter-school.html
Whoa, you mean charter schools AREN'T the magical panacea to fix all our education problems?! Crazy, it's almost like their only point is to siphon our tax dollars into the coffers of for-profit charter school corporations, who deliver profit to their shareholders by running up costs when they send a bill to the government, while cutting every corner they can get away with by hiring inexperienced scabs to teach our kids.
I send a BIG THANK YOU to GLCPS for expelling my son from there school. He is now an A+ student and ready to graduate his Junior year. That school is a joke.
This school was and is awful. The curriculum is watered down and they don't prepare kids for college or life. They should just close because they're deceiving students and parents by making them think they're getting a better opportunity when really they're getting the same quality education as other schools, but in a socially stifling environment.
Everyone has their own opinion. If there child does well the parents are all for it, and if the child does lousy the parents bad mouth the schools. It begins at home, make sure your children study and do their homework instead of running the streets with their friends.
That School is a joke
If this was the public system we'd have in your face questions about why this has happened. The answers would then be shortened into quotes that the editorial page could bash for months. Why not ask the Roundtable members who have roles in the oversight of GLCS why they have not acted on this? Did they not know; were they asleep at the switch? Or were they just holding too many power meetings in Freestones, conspiring over ways to bring the GLCS model to the masses?
I want to know what happens to the money after Oct 1st when they send the problem children back to the NBPS? They surely don't forward the difference... maybe the Roundtable is using it to pay for their meetings at Freestones
This could be call the "Charter School Scam"
The Charter School was touted as an "incubator of success".
Mayor Jon Mitchell, the charter school's best friend said, "If there are things that the charter school is doing well ... the district needs to know that, and if there are things that aren't working so well in the charter school, the district would benefit from knowing that, as well," he said.
Here's my question for his excellency: What is that school doing well?
If the GLCS is so great, why do so many students come back to NBPS?
Standard Times, January 14, 2011 – John K. Bullard, Ambassador to the Charter School
“It’s hard to avoid the message that spending time in our school system is hazardous to one’s education.”
Standard Times, August 14, 2010 - Carolee S. Matsumoto, , Ambassador to the Charter School
“As a longtime educator and friend to teachers, I write this to officially lodge my dismay and disgust at the shortsighted, selfish, and unprofessional positions and actions of New Bedford Educators Association President Lou St. John and other NBEA union ‘leaders.’ No, I am not just reacting to the recent “vote” they bullied the teachers into, but it is their perpetuation of practices and positions that have not (ever) and will not serve our students, never mind the teachers.”
Standard Times, March 10, 2011 – Craig Dutra and Tom Davis: - Supporters of the highly successful charter school - Davis is on their board
“However, to incentivize improvements, the New Bedford School Department needs to also implement a performance-based compensation and employment system for key personnel. For example, in the schools that are significantly out-performing schools in the other gateway cities on the MCAS tests, the principals, key staff and teachers should receive extra monetary rewards for their successful efforts. Conversely, the leaders of under-performing schools that don't improve over a reasonable period of time should be held accountable.
I thought charter schools fixed everything. No? Where do these students go after they leave a charter school? Why are they leaving? Are they being asked to go or do they just leave of their own accord?
How many times have we heard the famous quote from Tom Davis "The highly successful Global Learning Charter School." Well Tom, I guess the highly successful GLCS is not so highly successful according to the DESE. PROBATION!!!
As far as Matsumoto, Bullard, and Dutra, they are all phonies.
If the GLCS "handpicked teachers," the best of the best so to speak,that are fighting for his or her job everyday(no union protection from being fired)cannot get their students to perform, what does that tell you about the district's students in general. Leaders, sorry to say but it's not the teachers!!!! I know what it tells me. GLCS get your erasers ready. You'll be fighting for your survival just like the rest of us.
I guarantee many people would be saying something different if this was a union school, Somehow blame this on The school Committee
I think this is evidence that it is NOT the teachers in either school. This is a systemic problem withing the city limits of New Bedford. New Bedford has a city wide problem and blaming teachers is not going to cure homelessness, drug/alcohol addiction, poverty and expensive housing. What will fix is is a to first admit that NB has the problem. Admitting is the first step. Mitchell and various other "leaders" have their heads to far in the sand to recognize this fact. Diane Ravitch certainly hit the nail on the head in her blog.
Today, on WBSM, we still hear the "merit pay" foolishness being promoted. This charter school has tried to incentivize test scores. Some bonus $ has been dangled and given out. NOT WORKING! Do the research!
Apples-to-apples "student enrollment" comparison with NBHS:
NBHS CLASS OF 2013 AS FRESHMEN:
2009-10 school year, 896 9th graders enrolled.
NBHS CLASS OF 2013 AS SENIORS:
2012-13 school year, 481 12th graders enrolled.
GLCS went from 38 to 25 students, a loss of 34% of students enrolled.
NBHS went from 896 to 481 students, a loss of 46% of students enrolled.
Again, apples-to-apples comparison using the same source, DESE.
Letter: Union should support successful charter program
December 18, 2011
The New Bedford teachers union ("Your View: Charter schools "lose" too many students," Dec. 14) trots out tired and unfounded arguments in its criticism of New Bedford's Global Learning Charter Public School.
I wonder why the union takes so much time and energy to fight a successful school rather than work collaboratively with hard-working educators who want to improve education for all New Bedford children? Global Learning has a strong record of academic achievement and ranks among the top performing schools in the district.
It's true the teachers who teach there are not members of the union. But the school is a public school, open to all children from all backgrounds. Its enrollment is determined by lottery so every family has an equal chance to enroll their children. The children who learn there are public school children and they live in the community. Their parents pay taxes to support public education and they have made a choice they feel is in the best interest of their children. Why is the union trying to make educational decisions for all New Bedford parents?
The time to fight the existence of charter public schools has passed. Cities like Boston are embracing the innovations charters have adopted and are working collaboratively with us to improve educational outcomes for all children.
Last year, the Legislature approved legislation allowing charters to double the number of students we can educate in low-performing school districts like New Bedford. The MCPSA has launched an initiative focused on expanding charters in Gateway Cities like New Bedford. We look forward to working with parents and community leaders in the city to offer more educational options for New Bedford families.
Marc Kenen
Executive Director
Massachusetts Charter Public School Association
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