Quote Originally Posted by rjk View Post
Where are the stats on that?
I would assume that there are some good charter schools just like there are some good DPS schools.
I don't see what's wrong with replacing historically underachieving DPS schools with charter schools.
Unlike public schools you don't have to give them a guaranteed existence. If they don't meet a certain standard get rid of them.
There is a thread on this forum about it. I don't recall the name of it off the top of my head, but it was prompted by a study written about in one of the dailies. The gist of it was that the charter students didn't perform any better on standardized tests than their public school counterparts. And charter schools aren't saddled with the legacy costs of contract obligations, and in general aren't burdened with special needs children like the public system.