shrill
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> [WS:] But that is the whole point, no? Schools do not "fix" children as,
> say, mechanics fix cars. It is children who do the learning, and schools
> merely facilitate the process. So if the peer pressure has detrimental
> effect on leaning, kicking out "bad kids" will have a positive effect on
> learning, no?
>
> I do not understand why there is so much insistence in this country that
> everyone must go to school that offers the same curriculum to everyone.
>
> Wojtek
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:31 AM, shrill.polemic <shrill.polemic at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > For that reason, I am really "on the fence" on this issue. On the one
>> hand,
>> > I think that the one-size-fits-all philosophy behind public education
>> > sucks, and charter schools do offer an antidote to it. Otoh, I do
>> support
>> > teachers and thier unions, and I think charter schools would be very
>> > detrimental to both.
>> >
>> > Wojtek
>> >
>>
>>
>> In Chicago, charter schools represent another successful effort by the
>> Daley administration to privatize public resources and bust a strong
>> union.
>>
>> On an optimistic note, 3 Chicago charter schools were recently
>> organized although not by the Chicago Teachers Union -
>>
>>
>> http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/district-299/2009/10/catastrophe-or-opportunity-chicagos-first-unionized-charter-school-contract.html
>>
>> The claims that charter schools offer a better education is
>> questionable to say the least. In Illinois, the easiest way to boost
>> test scores at a charter school is to simply kick out the kids that
>> aren't testing well.
>>
>> shrill
>>
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