Honestly, none of you are making it easy to understand. All you keep dropping are these doom and gloom one-liners.
Basically, giving me the impression that twism is right and this is just whining about the good ol days.
Again, enlighten us. Why exactly is this bad?
Let me give it a shot.
1)Charter Schools= Are Private Schools ran by private organizations and or Corporations
- The pro charter school argument is based on the ideology of the hand of capitalism improving education and school efficiency ( Higher test scores for less money). The idea of charter schools is built on the fact competition equates to innovation, so if you had multiple charter schools fighting for public dollars the kids will benefit because charter schools are being innovative for survival.
- The second pro charter argument is based on the theory that the public school system and the teachers union are inefficient by products of incompetency. Charter schools advocates believe that teacher union protections punishes exceptional teachers and protects mediocre ones. The belief is that teachers union prevents flexibility for schools that may need them.
Another argument that charter school advocates use is the better bang for your buck theory. The USA spends the most on education per capital yet it ranks in the 20’s and lower on all measurable education metrics. Charter schools advocate believe teachers salaries and benefits are over inflated and can be used more efficiently ( The key word with charter school advocates) by giving them free reign to recruit and hire without limitations.
The counter argument
-Public school advocates contend that Charter schools have over inflated test scores because they cherry pick the students that attend their schools. Public school advocates contend that because every student needs to go to school ( which is the law) that they have to deal with kids who come from serious disadvantages which translates lower test scores.
-Another argument public school advocates give is that charter schools scores are never given oversight so it’s validity may be fabricated to look good ( the TM Landry school comes to mind).
New Orleans went with option one.
