| Unfortunately, NCLB & states have changed the landscape! |
6/8/04 9:50 AM |
| Author:
Harold Ohnmeis
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It is one thing to say the heck with NCLB and do what you said you were going to do in the first place and another to be allowed to continue to operate a charter school within a particular state. Here in our state, PA, an example would be the very first charter school started in PA designed as an alternative education model working with troubled youths. Some of these students have been through the court system, threatened to kill people, etc. The demographic statistics of this charter school are staggering. Yet, they are being hammered for not having their students perform on the standardized tests used to determine AYP, etc., and the rationale is NCLB. The model they were created by has become somewhat irrelevant, much to their dismay! and I know from experience that many charter schools in PA are having difficulty complying with NCLB provisions precisely because of their model and the students they serve.
Posted as a reply to:
To heck with NCLB - do the right thing! by Margaret Roush-Meier
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