Govt to convert 35 state schools to charter schools
Govt to convert 35 state schools to charter schools
The upcoming Budget would include $153 million in funding over four years for up to 50 charter schools.
Variety in the modes of education is a good thing: not every pupil is effectively educated in a public school.
But, I can't help but think this is merely stealth privatisation of education: a profit making exercise. That it might actually have positive outcomes for pupils is a happy accident.
while it's great there's robust debate (elsewhere in this thread), gven all the other self-serving things this govt has done, I think we can take this as unlikely to go well for 'the rest of us'...
This is just kickbacks for the companies that helped them get elected. Remember these charter schools are going to get tax dollars but are for profit.
The article points out that a large number of schools in the UK are charter schools (40% primary, 80% secondary), but doesn't then say if that is a positive or not.
One size doesn't fit all in education, which Seymour points out. But how do charter schools address this issue?
One size doesn't fit all. That's why all kids should have an hour of reading, an hour of writing, and an hour of maths every day (which takes up like 70% of the learning time available).
I'm starting to wonder if this is a chance for school boards/principles to get away from 'the MoE overreach' and constant curriculum alterations...
I can see how it would be tempting to be given funds and get back to teaching how they think is the best way to do it (rightly or wrongly!).
Maybe.
But it could also just be a cynical power grab, trying to force for profit education into the system.
Oh sure, that's what the 3 horsemen are doing, but the schools could play this too... It's risky, but every teacher I've met had indicated things have been bad for decades