We have precious few dollars to support our public schools. I appreciate that many good legislators are cognizant of this fact. However, the reality is that many dollars are being slowly siphoned away from the majority of our children to support unproven ideas with little or no accountability.She makes the same mistake that most who argue against innovation do. She confuses longevity with accountability. I've made this argument before.
Now I invite Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh (the author of the op-ed) or other interested commenters to this blog to explain exactly what accountability means. In what way is the monopoly she's protecting more accountable than the "unproven ideas" she decries. What accountability does she have? To whom?
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Accountability means offering solutions and facts to back up your own comments. Innovation only exists in charter schools? Tell that to the four students who returned to my classroom this year. Innovation comes in many forms. Look at Davis where they use only technology and incidentally, they have received many students from the charter down the road. Accountability, that means being transparent and truthful. So far all I hear is the same old rhetoric from you not an ounce of solution oriented discussion. Shame on you.
Thank you, Anonymous, for proving my point. The charter school wasn't meeting the needs of some students, so the students left. That's the ultimate accountability, taking all their funding with them. When all public schools face that level of accountability, then we'll really have something.
Thanks for your comment, though, even though you hide behind your "shame" comment with an anonymous identity. Keep reading! I'm sure you'll find more of the same old rhetoric.
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