What it argues is that Charter schools since they were not better are no cure. A lot of other studies showed that when you factor out such things as SES and parental involvement, private schools are no better than public schools.
What has not been done is a very hard look at what actually works and then start applying it. All together too often its ideological concerns driving school reform. larry On 10/19/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think your study showed that statistics were no better at charter schools > than at public schools, right?I think what you are not seeing is that this > *is* a good thing, since the kids at those schools are the ones the system > was not working for, by and large, the at-risk, the special education kids > and the gifted. > > Dana > > On 10/19/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > have to disagree with you about point #3, neither voucher programs or > > charter schools seem to increase test scores in the majority of cases, > > as was discussed a couple of weeks ago. > > > > That sort of stuff is a good illustration of what happens when > > ideology tramples good practices. > > > > larry > > > > On 10/19/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sam wrote: > > > > That's what it addresses. If a child can't read they fall through the > > > > cracks and either graduate illiterate or drop out. > > > > > > The problems with this liberal POS is: > > > > > > 1.) Trample on State's rights > > > 2.) What G said > > > 3.) There are 1000s of better solutions such as charter, magnet, > > vouchers, etc. > > > > > > Good things happen when the Fed stays out of State business > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177488 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
