Re:How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind
by rory096 on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @02:36PM
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Regular public schools are limited to the curriculum prescribed by their school boards and generally can't deviate or experiment much. They're also, by definition, limited to students in a specific geographical area rather than any selection criteria. As others have noted, this goes both ways - charter/magnet schools can choose to serve the highest aptitude students (as most do), but they can also choose to serve at-risk or academically challenged students as this one does.
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Re:How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind
by pbreit on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @11:57PM
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So why can’t school boards prescribe such things? The geo limit doesn’t matter much/at all.
Re:How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind
by rory096 on Thursday August 02, 2018 @12:12AM
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No explicit reason, they just generally don't. When you're beholden to voters or a city council, your job is least threatened when you don't rock the boat. If you do rock it, you better make sure you're right or it's not likely to end well for you. Meanwhile, your 'subjects' are unwitting participants who thought they'd be getting a normal education, not early adopters explicitly willing to try something new. All of these factors discourage experimentation.