Gary Rubinstein found that Success Academy posted hundreds of short videos that demonstrate their methods. Their test scores are higher than any other charter school in the state of New York.
Watch a couple of videos and see what you can learn.
I can’t promise that the videos are still online. After Gary’s first post appeared, the videos were taken down. Then they were put back online. As of yesterday afternoon, after Gary posted another video, they were all taken down again. Cat and mouse. A curious way to react to those who view SA’s best practices.
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But they are exhibiting THE Success Academy best practice — when something, be it a video, or perhaps a less desirable student might make you look bad, just make it disappear.
This leads me to believe that the bursting of the charter school hedge-funded bubble is likely coming. Much as in years leading up to the 2008 financial bubble, problems are “disappeared” but…not gone.
Protecting the brand. Videos are gone.
Yup
https://vimeo.com/user17600216/videos
So much for “Laboratories of innovation that public schools must study.”
That’s what Moskowitz says when she meets with lawmakers in DC- that we all must immediately adopt her methods. All our representatives sit there, enthralled. The fawning introductions alone are an advertisement for her schools.
There is no rebuttal. No other opinions are solicited or heard.
How can public schools learn from her laboratory of innovation when the doors are closed and even the videos are unavailable? Public money should require public scrutiny
It says password required for each video? Huh?
I guess they don’t have much faith in their brand. I wonder who gets the password?
Gary Rubenstein says you can email and ask for a password to view the videos, but that it might not do any good. If these are supposedly “the best practices,” etc, why can’t we lowly regular teachers watch so we can learn from them, one wonders? And also, what kind of supposedly “public” school hides their teaching methods from the public?
Maybe they will claim it is a trade secret and they are protecting their “intellectual” property (our dollars). I say put up or shut up and do it on your dime.
Their intellectual property paid for with public dollars.