Micro-rant about anti-charter school arguments

[cnoocy]

There are plenty of people who argue that charter schools are unfair because they believe that charters use admissions tests to only take the smartest kids.
1. No, they don't. Charters (with very few exceptions) take all students that apply, and use a lottery to determine who gets a spot.
2. If you think that testing for admission to a public school is wrong, you're not arguing against charter schools. You're arguing against magnet schools and exam schools.

Comments

[colorwheel.livejournal.com]

have i ever mentioned that a friend of mine started a charter school in dc?

[cnoocy]

Cool!

[avon.livejournal.com]

It amazes me how little people know about how schools work, yet they feel free to complain loudly about them. My brother, for example, is an idiot. :p

[cnoocy]

It's part of the nature of ignorance that it's difficult to know one has it. Which, ironically, is part of why education is so important.