Thank you OUSD for throwing some hard numbers into the charter school debates. While I missed 2/22/16 Board engagement session (I was in NYC), I did look at the materials. Big takeaways; students at charter-run schools tend to perform somewhat better on state tests and be more economically disadvantaged. While district-run schools had somewhat greater…
special education
Post’s Op-Ed on charter schools and special education doesn’t serve reality or students
It’s disappointing to continually hear the half-truths and what I will call “misconceptions” around charter schools and special education students in Oakland. A little fact checking would have helped—but let me do some here. Many of these were raised in a recent op-ed in the Oakland Post in the op-ed, Charter Schools in Oakland do…