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Originally posted by TeamRHI
You're still not stating why charter schools are a bad idea. You can argue that public education can be reformed all you want, but I still haven't had a single argument from you that refutes charter schools. All of your points simply support why charter schools would be good.
Private schools I'm not talking about, they can exist as they do now. Private schools are irrelevant to this argument.
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Well, for starters, it's worth noting that not all charter schools are effective. Charters, like public non-charters vary in quality. Some are good, some bad, but many argue that the resources used to accommodate charters could be better spent on the regular public schools.
The most effective, successful charters offer limited spaces and can only accommodate a certain number of students, elevating that select few over most of the public school gen pop. If you look at NYC, for example, many of the charter schools operate in public school buildings alongside the regular public school students, creating stark inequalities under one roof.
There's also the issue that charter schools cherry pick their students, even the ones that gain admission through a lottery. The success of the students who attend the most effective charters is heavily dependent upon the parents of the students. It's a given that good charters attract kids from homes that value education and make sure that the students adhere to the culture of the school. The same can't necessarily be automatically said about public schools. It's not shocking that motivated students prosper academically. Meanwhile, public schools have to take anyone, regardless of whether or not the student is motivated, comes from a home where the parents are invested into the child's education, or has a disability. Many charters don't accommodate special needs kids. Public schools can't just brush off difficult or problematic students the way a charter school can send a student packing if they're "not a right fit" for the school.
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