From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 30/11/2025 7:28 am, Joerg wrote:   
   > On 11/26/25 11:40 PM, Don Y wrote:   
   >> On 11/27/2025 12:29 AM, bitrex wrote:   
   >>> Then public education mostly works like Mary Kay, they manage out the   
   >>> struggling students to keep the numbers up. Then "good schools" are   
   >>> just ones that are better at dumping "bad students" on "bad schools."   
   >>   
   >> That's how the charter schools, here, work.  You redirect your tax   
   >> dollars   
   >> to a "private/charter" school.   
   >>   
   >> *BUT*, that school has to, first, ACCEPT your child as a student.  As   
   >> they   
   >> want to keep their scores up, they weed out students who might not   
   >> perform   
   >> as well.  So, those left in the public school system drag the scores   
   >> of the   
   >> public school system down.   
   >>   
   >   
   > That is not at all how charter schools work. Where do you live? Example   
   > California where I live:   
   >   
   > https://www.ccsa.org/charters-up-close/open-to-all   
   >   
   > There isn't much of a difference in the student population between   
   > public and charter schools. One of the big differences is that they do   
   > not let students get away with being unruly. And they shouldn't.   
   >   
   > [...]   
      
   There's one crucial difference. The parents of the charter school kids   
   have to be interested enough to go to the trouble of sending their kids   
   to a charter school. And that means that they will pressure their kids   
   to behave well enough to avoid getting expelled.   
      
   I know enough teachers to be well aware that some parents will devote   
   most of their energy into trying to intimidated the teachers involved   
   rather than the offending kids, but it is still a crucial difference.   
      
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   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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