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As expected, regulations kill education for students.
"Charter schools are deregulated public schools that are independent of school districts and not subject to teachers union contracts. Although located in low-income Hispanic neighborhoods, Rocketship’s test scores are higher than many affluent district schools in Santa Clara County....State regulations, however, hamper Rocketship’s successful learning-lab innovation. A key problem with California’s regulations regarding minimum instructional minutes, according to Smith, is that “our learning labs do not count for instructional minutes.”
There are other frustrating and nonsensical regulations. For example, students cannot enroll in a virtual charter school – where all instruction is delivered over the Internet and the student learns at home – unless he or she lives in the county in which the charter school is chartered or in a contiguous county. So if a student lives in Marin County he or she cannot enroll in a virtual charter school based in San Mateo County, even though the two counties are just a few miles apart. Konantz, a top official at virtual schooling provider K12, Inc., sharply criticizes Sacramento policymakers who seemingly believe “the Internet changes from county line to county line.”
When will the politicians make education the goal, not rules? Until then we will continue to have a statewide drop out rate of 40% and functional illiterates getting diplomas. Don't you just love professional educators!
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"Charter schools are deregulated public schools that are independent of school districts and not subject to teachers union contracts. Although located in low-income Hispanic neighborhoods, Rocketship’s test scores are higher than many affluent district schools in Santa Clara County....State regulations, however, hamper Rocketship’s successful learning-lab innovation. A key problem with California’s regulations regarding minimum instructional minutes, according to Smith, is that “our learning labs do not count for instructional minutes.”
There are other frustrating and nonsensical regulations. For example, students cannot enroll in a virtual charter school – where all instruction is delivered over the Internet and the student learns at home – unless he or she lives in the county in which the charter school is chartered or in a contiguous county. So if a student lives in Marin County he or she cannot enroll in a virtual charter school based in San Mateo County, even though the two counties are just a few miles apart. Konantz, a top official at virtual schooling provider K12, Inc., sharply criticizes Sacramento policymakers who seemingly believe “the Internet changes from county line to county line.”
When will the politicians make education the goal, not rules? Until then we will continue to have a statewide drop out rate of 40% and functional illiterates getting diplomas. Don't you just love professional educators!
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