Tag: Basis Charter Schools

• “Diversity is Hard”: Will Charter Schools In Your Locale Choose Equity?

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  November 11, 2013

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  Charter Schools, Dropout, KIPP

  I am not of the ilk that charters are all bad news (See all of Cloaking Inequity’s post on charter schools here). As I have mentioned previously, I am a charter school parent, currently serve on a charter school board, and was an instructor at an Aspire charter school. I realize that I have prominent friends and…

  

• What BASIS?: Nepotism and aggrandizement in charters?

  5–8 minutes

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  April 19, 2013

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  Charter Schools

    Wikipedia describes the BASIS charter schools: BASIS Schools, Inc. is an Arizona charter school operator. It operates eight schools in Arizona and one in the District of Columbia….BASIS recently announced plans to add three more schools for the 2013-2014 year: one in Ahwatukee, one in San Antonio, Texas, and a new K-4 program near their original location…