Charter Plan to Privatize Public Education in San Antonio

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1. Lehrer says:

   October 27, 2012 at 12:24 am

   “The best CMOs give students about 4 extra years worth of education by the time they finish high school as compared to traditional public schools….  Essentially, these organizations are providing most of their students about 1.5 years worth of learning in every school year.  Until recently, this was thought to be impossible because traditional public schools couldn’t do it.  It turns out not to be impossible, just really, really hard.  Great organizations do great things, including in education.”

   I would love to where this data comes from! They are selling a pig in a poke. And people continue fall for this.

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2. K. Spradlin says:

   October 27, 2012 at 12:34 am

   P.T. Barnum is right even for today. We sure think we’re sophisticated. I would love to see the peer review on the data too. How do they define a year of education? If this is so great how come their vaunted test scores either don’t match the public schools, or they are not subjected to the tests in terms of accountability?

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3. Teresa Nguyen says:

   October 28, 2012 at 11:21 am

   I teach public high school (16 years) in San Antonio. Already I have received several emails from a teacher in the same subject at a KIPP school, asking for my advice on curriculum and text books. It gives me the impression that charter teachers don’t exactly know what they are doing. And then there’s this guy:

   http://trib.it/VO5GOe

   Is the public so easily snowed by this illusion of choice?

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