tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post2857030206536160561..comments2024-03-08T00:21:56.482-08:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: how many people know what charter schools are?Catherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-79166959150694021362010-01-21T20:27:16.462-08:002010-01-21T20:27:16.462-08:00Catherine,
What problem do charters solve?
KTM e...Catherine,<br /><br />What problem do charters solve?<br /><br />KTM exists because parents send their kids to schools that they think are good-to-excellent for their children, on whatever measures they use, and the parents, low and behold, are wrong.<br /><br />KTM's focus is on certain elements of academics where the parents are mistakenly under the impression things are okay, but KTM has also pointed out the things schools get wrong in terms of character ed, discipline, motivation, etc.<br /><br />Why would parents suddenly know better about what's right and wrong in their child's school if their child were magically in a charter?<br /><br />What about being a charter (necessarily) changes the observables?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-10826734975736423502010-01-20T17:30:56.634-08:002010-01-20T17:30:56.634-08:00What most annoys me is the misperception that char...What most annoys me is the misperception that charters are not public schools. It drives me up a wall when critics of charters claim that they're part of a campaign to "privatize" education in the U.S. They're not private schools!Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.com