The best studies all say that KIPP gets hugely better results than
the same kids in public schools.
Not exact matches
But at the
same time, they're all the ones who have their
kids in schools that cost twice what the
public schools cost, and they don't see a contradiction
in that.
My
kids go to
public school in San Jose and we get the
same raised eyebrows.
For 20 years, I have deliberately invested my life
in teaching
public -
school kids, coaching them, and advocating for the ones who don't have the
same support that other
kids have.
Look for people with a medical background, or those with youngish
kids in the
public schools, or those who have fought similar battles
in the past, especially battles based on the idea of social justice, that low income students deserve the
same respect and services as higher income students.
Crystal Hoel, a former middle
school language arts teacher at a
school in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, said, I think
public schools can implement the
same strategies, but only if the principal and / or curriculum director truly believe that all
kids can achieve and teachers are held accountable.
He liked the notion of low - income
public -
school students» getting the
same kind of instruction as rich
kids in private
schools.
These children need and deserve the
same support as all other
public school kids and we hope this is the year they receive that support from those who represent them
in Albany.»
So that was just one
school district and I read later about another
school district doing the
same thing, also complaining about how much money it was «losing» by having the
kids enroll
in charter
schools versus staying
in the traditional
public schools (TPS).
Helping these
kids, many of whom are fleeing from violent and impoverished conditions
in Latin America, gain the high - quality learning they need to succeed
in this country is an opportunity for
school reformers to humanely help these
kids and transform American
public education for all children at the
same time.
If half the
kids leave a
public school system and half the money leaves too (actually, voucher money never equals the actual cost per student), there is still the
same amount of money per student left
in the
public schools.
He declared unconstitutional and «irrational» the way Connecticut funds and oversees local
public schools; he found that the state government has the enforceable responsibility under Connecticut's constitution to provide all students an adequate education — not just the wealthy suburban
kids who rank first nationwide
in reading scores, but also the many «functionally illiterate» high -
school graduates from the 30 poorest Connecticut
school districts, which rank below Mississippi and 39 other states
in those
same scores.
Even more shocking was Gov. Jay Nixon's decision that
same month to veto legislation co-authored by his arch-nemesis, Rep. Maria Chappelle - Nadal, that would have allowed for
kids in failing districts to attend higher - quality
public and private
schools in the area shows the callousness of state officials when it comes to providing
kids with high - quality educational options.
Marshall
Public Schools has the
same challenge Albion did: convince parents to keep their
kids in the local
school.
Ultimately, Marshall
Public Schools has the
same challenge Albion did: convince parents to keep their
kids in the local
school.
More - closely monitoring the academic progress of students, essentially subjecting
schools to the
same Value - Added analysis that is now being applied to teachers and
schools in traditional
public school settings also makes sense, as does monitoring their graduation rates; a private
school that doesn't make the grade shouldn't be a
school that families should send their
kids.
Writing
in The Wall Street Journal, he quotes from Steven Brill's Class Warfare, which compares the teachers» contracts at Harlem Success Academy, a high - performing charter
school in New York City, and a traditional
public school that shares the
same building and teaches
kids from the
same socio - economic background.