Post by ariel1610 on Sept 1, 2013 22:40:28 GMT -5
Charter schools may be using public funds, but they are NOT public schools. If by public, we mean open to anyone. To begin, most have a contract that the parents/guardians must sign. Some of them say such things as if the parent misses three conferences, the child can be removed,from the school. This is just one loophole that they can use when the child proves to be a liability. In our state, there are myriad lawsuits by parents of special,education students who were denied access to charters. Many low scoring students are counseled out. There is a group called research on reforms who has been documenting these abuses for years.
www.researchonreforms.org/html/documentreposit.html
As for the teachers in charter schools, they usually start out making more than public school teachers, but the conditions are draconian.
Where I am from, in New Orleans, they did a clean sweep after Katrina, closed all the schools and reopened almost all of them as charters, boasting of the better education the students would receive. Lies, lies and more lies. Neighborhood schools , that strong sense of community, where teachers knew families and were members of the community, all gone. The education the students are receiving is no better and often a lot worse. So much was lost for so little gain.
The teachers are at will employees and have few rights. I know of entire schools where no teacher has children and only one is married because of the hours they must work.
The bottom line is that charter schools are part of the neoliberal privatization movement. If you do not know what neoliberalism is, do some research. Also, become familiar with the name Milton Friedman and his vies on education. he started this ball rolling. We are experiencing in this country the rise of neoliberalism (and it transcends political party, unfortunately, and privatizing education is part of the plan.
www.researchonreforms.org/html/documentreposit.html
As for the teachers in charter schools, they usually start out making more than public school teachers, but the conditions are draconian.
Where I am from, in New Orleans, they did a clean sweep after Katrina, closed all the schools and reopened almost all of them as charters, boasting of the better education the students would receive. Lies, lies and more lies. Neighborhood schools , that strong sense of community, where teachers knew families and were members of the community, all gone. The education the students are receiving is no better and often a lot worse. So much was lost for so little gain.
The teachers are at will employees and have few rights. I know of entire schools where no teacher has children and only one is married because of the hours they must work.
The bottom line is that charter schools are part of the neoliberal privatization movement. If you do not know what neoliberalism is, do some research. Also, become familiar with the name Milton Friedman and his vies on education. he started this ball rolling. We are experiencing in this country the rise of neoliberalism (and it transcends political party, unfortunately, and privatizing education is part of the plan.
