Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test
by empath75 on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @11:27AM
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Eventually school districts do close schools that have emptied out as kids have gone to charter schools (source: spouse is on school board and they are closing public schools because kids have moved to charter schools)
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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test
by rahimnathwani on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @11:57AM
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That's great to hear. Where I live even schools that close end up being re-opened with new names.
This article is good and its conclusions are mostly[0] sound:
https://open.substack.com/pub/sfeducation/p/wanted-careful-a...
[0] I strongly disagree with the conclusion that, if government-run schools have excess capacity, then we should prevent charter schools from being opened or expanded.