Last night I had a chance to sit down with Diane Ravitch on Zoom and discuss what should be next for the US public education system.
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A new report the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) “finds that charter school and public school students have the same academic performance in testing conducted at the fourth- and eighth-grade level.” (See Charter School and Public School Students Have Same Academic Performance, Report Finds)
I went through the report this morning on the plane and here are a few interesting tables I thought you might want to check out.
Ravitch responded to the last tweet with:
Dr. Benson argued,
Carol Burris discussed the study on Ravitch’s blog,
She stated,
The charter school sector can produce as many biased studies not subject to peer review as they like, but studies from objective sources consistently produce the same results–charters, despite their creaming of students and “freedom” do no better than true public schools. Ironically, this one was commissioned by the US Department of Education led by Betsy DeVos.
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The Network for Public Education invites you to attend its 4th annual conference in Oakland California.
Keynotes include Nikole Hannah-Jones, Diane Ravitch, Eric Heins and Julian Vasquez Heilig and many more. The goal of NPE is to connect all those who are passionate about our schools – students, parents, teachers and citizens. We share information and research on vital issues that concern the future of public education at a time when it is under attack.
This is the final registration opportunity https://events.bizzabo.com/NPE17CA/page/1293406/tickets
The cost is $150 and includes meal for the entire weekend.
Linda Darling-Hammond surveys the wreckage of the privatization movement and assesses whether Betsy DeVos’s failed policies in Michigan will inflict further harm in the nation’s embattled public schools.
The article is well worth reading. It contains useful data.
However, I have some caveats.
I greatly admire Linda and her scholarship, but we have a fundamental difference about charter schools. As currently configured, I see them as an integral part of the privatization movement. She thinks there are good charters and bad charters. This is true, but the charter idea itself has been captured by people like DeVos who are hostile to public schools and equity. I agree with the NAACP that no new charters should be created until charters meet the same standards of accountability and transparency as public schools, and stop cherry picking the students likeliest to get good test scores. The good charters, in my view, should be…
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Is Betsy DeVos fit to be the next Secretary of Education? Spend seven minutes and watch this short film to learn more about how she harmed education in Michigan through for-profit charter schools — and be sure to call your U.S. Senators today to tell them to protect public education! (202) 224-3121
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See also ‘School Choice’ Education Secretary Not What Latino Students Need and Network for Public Education DeVos/Trump toolkit and KEVT 1210 AM John C. Scott Show: Will Trump blow up public education? and Five Questions You Should Ask about Secretary of Education Nominee Betsy Devos
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