http://www.arcataeye.com/2011/08/andrew-freeman-bureaucratization-divisiveness-and-fear-are-hobbling-education-%e2%80%93%c2%a0august-23-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=andrew-freeman-bureaucratization-divisiveness-and-fear-are-hobbling-education-%25e2%2580%2593%25c2%25a0august-23-2011 The mildly objectionable weekly newspaper for Arcata, California Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.arcataeye.com/2011/08/andrew-freeman-bureaucratization-divisiveness-and-fear-are-hobbling-education-%e2%80%93%c2%a0august-23-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-45598 Bureaucratization, Fear and Divisiveness are Hobbling Education « theseventhriver Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:18:06 +0000 http://www.arcataeye.com/?p=3245#comment-45598 [...] http://www.arcataeye.com/2011/08/andrew-freeman-bureaucratization-divisiveness-and-fear-are-hobbling… [...]

]]> http://www.arcataeye.com/2011/08/andrew-freeman-bureaucratization-divisiveness-and-fear-are-hobbling-education-%e2%80%93%c2%a0august-23-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-36124 Karran Harerp Royal Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:01:35 +0000 http://www.arcataeye.com/?p=3245#comment-36124 You know, I used to be more middle of the road where charter schools are concerned. In some ways I’d like to still support charters that are truly grown from authentic parents, teachers and community members. However, as I experience charter schools in New Orleans, the very market based nature of charter schools will make it impossible for those types of schools to survive. Already we are seeing the cannibalization of charter schools in favor of charter school networks. You see because there isn’t, equitable funding for public education PERIOD. Equitable is NOT the same as equal funding. The need to show quick results make some children an unwanted lability. Those children need funding commensurate with their needs. If the funding is equal based on your per pupil count, those most academiclly needy students fall behind as well as any charter school that is mission driven to serve those kids. It makes it impossible for the school to survive. The networks of charter schools are least likely to be authentically grown from the community. So now what we have is a grown bunch of small school district operated by the politically elite in New Orleans. Schools find ways to enhance their enrollment with the highest performing students in order to survive. Charter schools were meant for the lowest performing students to have a fair opportunity at a successful school experience. Now these same students find that they are being funneled into alternative schools. This is what has lead me to believe that charter schools are not in the best interest of the most needy children. It’s all a numbers game and the children charters were meant to help are still getting the short end of the stick. I am just sick about how charters are implemented in New Orleans. I see absolutely no redeeming value in this type of sorting and selecting of children. I wish fighting for equitable funding of all schools was a realistic goal. I do fight for that, but I worry that with the political climate of this country, we will never see it.

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