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howardmappel

(101 posts)
14. Charter Schools
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 09:15 PM
Jan 2025

Actually, most charter schools can reject/eject anyone that they don't like -- so if your child was admitted but is dragging down the average "test" scores, kick that kid out, your average scores go up and you get to brag about how well your school is educating children. Add to pre-screening children, i.e., no kids from lower socio-economic, no special needs, no child you think might be difficult to control or expensive to teach, no library or librarians to cause trouble (other than, of course, the good "christian" parent to vet all the allowed books, which good "christian" parent has not library training and need not actually have a child in the system).

Charter schools, and vouchers, are IMO generally scams to divert money from public schools and funnel taxpayer money to hedge funds and grifters. Burn them all to the ground! (metaphorically speaking, of course).

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Dismantle the Education department" Dave Bowman Jan 2025 #2
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Charter Schools howardmappel Jan 2025 #14
My wife is... GiqueCee Jan 2025 #51
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