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671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00062-000 | Charter school administrators can hand-pick the best teachers | New Orleans' Fischer Elementary School principal Dahme Bolden was quoted in an October 2006 NPR article saying: "The difference [between the former system and new charter schools] is I can hand-pick my teachers. As a result, I see more leadership from the teaching staff, [more] enthusiasm, I see more teaching and learning going on."[2] |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00047-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools spend more on administration |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00032-000 | Charter schools | Many factors constrain "choice" introduced by charter schools |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00017-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools can generate strong funding from foundations |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00002-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools cut through red tape, quickly opening after Katrina |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00108-000 | Charter schools can shake-up bureaucracies and institute reforms | Scott Elliot. "The case for charter schools in Dayton". Dayton Daily. November 12, 2005 - "The old conventional wisdom in the business community said that the city’s political scene was such that the dysfunctional school board could not be radically changed. There were too many entrenched political interest groups to defeat. |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00093-000 | Charter schools offer fewer services, reducing operating costs | "Contracting for Success: Charter Schools Offer Choice". Duke University. Summer 2005 - "Because charter schools often do not offer the same services that traditional public schools do, their operating costs tend to be lower. Bus transportation, for example, is usually not available to charter school students. This lack of transportation may limit enrollment to students who live nearby or have other transportation options." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00078-000 | Charter schools offer parents choices in public schools | John McCain said in the last US presidential debate in October 2008: "Charter schools aren’t the only answer, but they’re providing competition…choice and competition amongst schools is one of the key elements that’s already been proven in places like New Orleans and New York City and other places."[4] |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00063-000 | Competition b/w teachers in charter schools incentivizes performance | New Orleans KIPP Believe College Prep school teacher Scarlet Feinberg said in a October 2006 NPR article: "It's great pressure, I mean it's pressure that makes you work harder, that gives you a sense of urgency every day that they must learn these skills. If you don't produce the results that need to be produced, it's very possible that you could lose your job."[3] |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00048-000 | Charter schools | Charter school competition distracts from teaching |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00033-000 | Charter schools | Charter school choice helps pressure school boards to reform |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00018-000 | Charter schools | Agile charter schools can quickly respond to meet demand |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00003-000 | Charter schools | Katrina allowed New Orleans to restart with charter schools |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00109-000 | Charter schools are about niche education, not broad reform | Larry Kuehn. "Ten Problems with Charter Schools". British Columbia Teachers' Federation. 1995 - "Charter schools don't encourage system reform and improved quality. [...] The theory put forward by many charter school advocates is that the competition of charter schools will lead to reform and improvement to the mainstream of the public schools. [...] In the U.S. and Alberta, most of the charter proposals have been for 'niche schools' that serve a particular special population. Charter schools end up serving special interests, rather than creating programs that develop alternatives that would be offered to most students. They divert money and attention from improving all schools to enhancing a few." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00094-000 | Charter schools, free from regulation, are innovative | Scott Elliot. "The case for charter schools in Dayton". Dayton Daily. November 12, 2005 - "Innovation is a prime byproduct of the entrepreneurial spirit that independent school operators bring to the table. Before competition, the school district had no incentive to pursue Higdon’s innovative ideas. Today, more educators in Dayton are thinking outside the box than ever." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00079-000 | Charter schools are based on funding students not schools | Bruno Manno. "The Case Against Charter Schools". School Administrator. May 2001. - "Allegation No. 1: Charter schools rob funds and students from regular public schools. While they may benefit a few youngsters, they hurt those left behind by biting into district budgets. [...] While it is true that charter funds are typically subtracted from district revenues, that is because their students are subtracted from district rolls. The fundamental concept of any school choice regimen is that the money follows the child to the school the family selects. Public dollars are meant to be spent for the education of that particular student, not entitlements for school systems. The premise of the allegation is backwards." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00064-000 | Charter schools promote teacher independence and character | Elly Jo Rael. "A Summary of Arguments For and Against Charter Schools": "Charter schools promote teacher autonomy and empowerment. Due to decreased regulation teachers can maintain a greater sense of freedom to develop their own unique styles of pedagogy, and are able to adopt new methods without fear of administrative sanctions. Thus, the best teachers in the educational system will be attracted by higher levels of autonomy. Furthermore, by empowering teachers, charter schools will increase teacher motivation and innovation making the profession attractive." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00049-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools promote teacher independence and character |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00034-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools are based on funding students not schools |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00019-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools, free from regulation, are innovative |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00004-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools are about niche education, not broad reform |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00110-000 | Katrina allowed New Orleans to restart with charter schools | Phyllis Landrieu, member of the New Orleans Parish School Board - "I say in many ways, 'Thank you, Katrina. Immediately, all those problems [with the previous education system] were eliminated, to some extent, and we had an opportunity to start over."[10] |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00095-000 | Agile charter schools can quickly respond to meet demand | In the aftermath of Katrina, Jeanne Allen, president of the pro-charter Center for Education Reform, said in a Washington Post article: "Charter educators and friends took games and books and organized dozens of small classrooms while the national government scratched its head over what to do."[8] |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00080-000 | Charter school choice helps pressure school boards to reform | Elly Jo Rael. "A Summary of Arguments For and Against Charter Schools" - "Charter schools add financial pressure to break up inertia. Putting financial pressure on the public schools is the only way to force them to change. As mentioned before, parent and student choice pressures schools to be accountable, and to accommodate their interests. If public schools fail to address concerns and interests, then they will ultimately lose students in their respective districts and a given percentage of per pupil expenditures." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00065-000 | Charter school competition distracts from teaching | "Reining in Charter Schools". New York Times (Editorial). May 10, 2006 - "uncertainty has created budgeting havoc and simply forced the diversion of much of the attention of district leaders away from the classroom as a matter of financial survival. Every year, there were schools to close and costs to cut. Three years after the first charter school opened, Dayton had slipped to last in the state’s rating system — worse even than Cleveland, the traditional testing doormat in Ohio. Three years later, Dayton still is at the bottom." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00050-000 | Charter schools | Competition b/w teachers in charter schools incentivizes performance |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00035-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools offer parents choices in public schools |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00020-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools offer fewer services, reducing operating costs |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00005-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools can shake-up bureaucracies and institute reforms |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00111-000 | Charter schools cut through red tape, quickly opening after Katrina | Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said in an interview for a June 13, 2006 New York Times article: "Just the fact that the charter schools are the ones that are open is testament to their ability to cut through red tape and be responsive to families where and when they need them."[11] |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00096-000 | Charter schools can generate strong funding from foundations | Matthew Yglesias. "The Case for Charter Schools". Thank Progress. September 19, 2008 - "it’s important to understand that the charter schools that have shown the most impressive results get substantial additional funding from foundations and other charitable sources over and above their public funding. The evidence, in other words, suggests that structural reform in the direction of more charter schools is a necessary complement to more funding, but not a substitute for it." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00081-000 | Many factors constrain "choice" introduced by charter schools | Larry Kuehn. "Ten Problems with Charter Schools". British Columbia Teachers' Federation. 1995 - "Hidden impediments get in the way of real choice. [...] Proponents of "choice" through charter schools often claim that the choice is open for any parents. In practice, hidden factors, such as the cost of transportation or the lack of skills to take part in meetings, get in the way of any real opportunities for many to choose. A case study on one California district demonstrated that a school choice program designed to overcome economic inequities resulted in increasing stratification because of these hidden factors. [...] As James Guthrie told Education Week, 'let me tell you why schools aren't like chocolate bars. When you or I eat a chocolate bar, the gratification and the effect is virtually immediate. Schools have a lagged effect, some of the consequences of which are not immediately evident.' In the absence of data, he says, 'parents will make a judgment based on the social class of students.'" |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00066-000 | Charter schools spend more on administration | Deborah Bach. "School Board digs in against charter schools". Seattle PI. December 17, 2003 - "The Seattle School Board intends to make a pre-emptive strike against charter school legislation that came close to passing last session, despite being turned down by voters twice in the past. [...] At its Jan. 7 meeting, the board is expected to adopt a resolution opposing charter schools. [...] The proposed resolution cites a study last year by the American Federation of Teachers that found that charter schools spend a greater percentage of their resources on administration, less on infrastructure and provide fewer services than the districts they reside in." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00051-000 | Charter schools | Charter school administrators can hand-pick the best teachers |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00036-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools fragment society with scattered education values |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00021-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools can destroy valuable neighborhood schools |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00006-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools can exclude special needs students |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00112-000 | Charter schools exploited aftermath of Katrina in New Orleans | Daniel Pryzbyla. "Katrina exposed charter school carpetbaggers". EdNews.org. October 1, 2007 - "Katrina's aftermath brought recent and past history onto center stage. Seizing on education 'disasters' was one of them. A dictionary definition for 'carpetbagger' is 'U.S. history; a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, esp., as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.(2) Any opportunistic or exploitive outsider (1865- 1870).' Welcome to new New Orleans." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00097-000 | Charter schools make good use of empty school buildings | Robert Holland, Senior Fellow at the Heartland Institute. "Use the empty school buildings". Washington Post. August 9, 2008 - "Across the nation, charter school operators report that finding adequate space is their single biggest challenge. Fearing competition, officialdom often hoards surplus property that could house these independently managed public schools. [...] One might think that things would be different in the District, where charter schools have been a lifeline for families more than they have been just about anywhere else in the United States ["Respect for Charter Schools," editorial, Aug. 4]. Long a model of education failure, Washington has a chance to be an exemplar of urban education reform, largely because of its charter schools, which now serve almost one-third of the city's schoolchildren. Yet D.C. officials are being super-stingy about letting charter operators lease the city's surplus school buildings. [...] Washington's families deserve better. School stewardship should be about what's best for children, not how best to conduct turf wars." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00082-000 | Public schools can offer everything charter schools claim | Larry Kuehn. "Ten Problems with Charter Schools". British Columbia Teachers' Federation. 1995 - "The concerns of most parents can be addressed by the current system. Many program options are currently offered in public schools and schools are increasingly open to program options. Particular languages, areas of focus such as the arts, and special needs are already met by programs within the public schools. This approach better serves the public good than setting up what are often essentially private schools with full public funding. Parent advisory committees, mandated in the School Act, provide an opportunity for parents to provide input into the school policies." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00067-000 | Charter schools actively resist teacher unionization | Seth Sandronsky. "Rethinking Charter Schools". Weekend Edition. September 27, 2008 - "Charter schools, begun two decades ago to spur innovation in learning and teaching, have been a force to push out labor unions. It is common for teachers at charter schools to be at-will employees, with no job protections." |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00052-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools proliferated too quickly to monitor |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00037-000 | Charter schools | Public schools can offer everything charter schools claim |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00022-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools are damaging private schools |
671509c8-2019-04-17T11:47:34Z-00007-000 | Charter schools | Charter schools are exploited most by affable students |