Comments on: Election Winners and Losers http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/11/26/election-winners-and-losers/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: Sean Nash http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/11/26/election-winners-and-losers/comment-page-1/#comment-4937 Sean Nash Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:58:08 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1521#comment-4937 Though I don't favor bloodletting our public schools on order to provide federal dollars for enrolling children in private schools, I do believe that a certain amount of experimentation is needed. Not only that, but I also believe in more local control over schools than is really allowed by NCLB. If charters are the only way to grab a bit of that for the future, then so be it. Schools need local control. I'm not talking state-level here, as I am convinced that the state department in Missouri has lost it. I think this is one of the big unknowns for the short term. Sean Though I don’t favor bloodletting our public schools on order to provide federal dollars for enrolling children in private schools, I do believe that a certain amount of experimentation is needed.

Not only that, but I also believe in more local control over schools than is really allowed by NCLB. If charters are the only way to grab a bit of that for the future, then so be it. Schools need local control. I’m not talking state-level here, as I am convinced that the state department in Missouri has lost it.

I think this is one of the big unknowns for the short term.

Sean

]]> By: morgan http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/11/26/election-winners-and-losers/comment-page-1/#comment-4916 morgan Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:59:55 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1521#comment-4916 I'm a big fan of charters, but I think I'm okay with Ohio scaling back a little. It seems like anybody and everybody can start a charter up there, no strings attached. I'd rather see them have consistently good charters rather than the grab bag they've got going on. A little quality control isn't a bad thing. I’m a big fan of charters, but I think I’m okay with Ohio scaling back a little. It seems like anybody and everybody can start a charter up there, no strings attached. I’d rather see them have consistently good charters rather than the grab bag they’ve got going on. A little quality control isn’t a bad thing.

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