The Rise and Fall of For-Profit Schools

Re:The Rise and Fall of For-Profit Schools by wfo on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @11:46AM (#10465067)

No. Public schools don't get to pre-select their students and then claim to ourperform other schools because they just picked the best ones. Public schools are not faith-based. Public schools do not have enormous administrative salaries

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Re:The Rise and Fall of For-Profit Schools by mason240 on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @12:38PM (#10465524)

1) Graft is common, with charter school administrators sometimes taking home ludicrous salaries ($500k+ for schools with ~1,000 students)

True for public schools.

2) Funding often comes directly from the local school district, most of which are already severely cash-strapped. The problem here is that the cost of a single student attending a school district is largely buried in fixed costs: when the state takes $6000/yr from a district and gives it to a charter school, the district's costs do not decrease by $6000. This makes school districts worse, which accelerates flight to charter / private schools.

Open enrollment causes the same issues.

3) Educational standards are different -- Also, most states offer some sort of funding incentive based on test scores -- which just encourages schools to play the numbers game by finding reasons to suspend/expel struggling students, encourage cheating on tests, etc.

True for public schools.

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Re:The Rise and Fall of For-Profit Schools by ThomPete on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @12:16PM (#10465281)

Neither does charter schools like Success Academy. Instead it's a lottery.

Public shools in NY are zoned so if you want your kid to go to that good school in Tribecca you most probably have to move there.

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