Re: [Phys-L] Private schools

[John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>]

I support most of what MW has said in this thread, but I think this
particular statement might be slightly missing the point:

On 07/10/2012 11:45 AM, Marty Weiss wrote:
> I repeat... if they get booted from the charter where do they go?  

It hasn't been 100% explicitly stated, but I suspect that the specific
charter school Bob L. has been associated with is chartered by and 
operated by the local school district.

On a nationwide basis, such arrangements are rare but not unheard-of.
I tend to lump such schools in with "magnet" schools.  The legalities
and technicalities are different, but the result is similar.

Gee, I wonder:  Is there any chance that anecdotes concerning a
non-profit chartered-by-the-district school might in some way be
not representative of for-profit charter schools operating in
direct competition with the district schools?

Gee, I wonder:  Is there any chance that a chartered-by-the-district
school might have less incentive to boot out "trouble-prone" or
"expensive" students?


On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:03 PM, LaMontagne, Bob <RLAMONT@providence.edu> wrote:

> What I am a strong advocate of, however, is the use of vouchers.

That's not likely to catch on.  All somebody needs to do is point out
that vouchers could be used at _Islamic_ schools, and then the voucher
program would be lucky to get a single vote in the legislature.