Re: [Phys-L] Private schools

["Anthony Lapinski" <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>]

It would be good to know what state you are in.

And from a previous post ("Having taught for 31 years in the most
dangerous city in the country..."), it would be good to know what city
this is. I am very curious...



Phys-L@Phys-L.org writes:
> I agree with the general tenor of this post, but in my state districts
> can also charter schools.
>
> Larry
>
>
> On Jul 9, 2012, at 11:04 AM, John Denker wrote:
> > I realize it is conventional to speak of charter schools as being
> disjoint
> > from the public schools, but one could argue for the following taxonomy
> > instead:
> >
> >                                  schools
> >                                  /     \
> >                                 /       \
> >                                /         \
> >                          publicly       private
> >                          funded &          \
> >                          tested             \
> >                           /    \             \
> >                          /      \             \
> >                         /        \             \
> >                    district      charter      truly
> >                    public        public       private
> >                    schools       schools      schools
> >
> >                   (see also below)
> >
> > As always, I don't want to argue about the terminology, and I would be
> > delighted if somebody could suggest some better terminology, but the
> > underlying point remains:  I find it helpful to distinguish charter
> > schools from _district_ schools (rather than from "public" schools).
> > *) In some ways, the charter schools are unlike the district schools,
> >  for instance in having more selective admissions and selective
> >  retention.  This is an important distinction;  however ...
> > *) In some ways, charter schools *are* public schools;  they are just
> >  not district schools.  They are public schools in the sense that 
> >   a) they are publicly funded, and
> >   b) they are subjected to the same state-mandated high-stakes trivia 
> >    test, and have been all along (even well before NCLB came along)
> >    http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/participation/
>
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