Comments on: Do charter schools work? https://www.isegoria.net/2013/05/do-charter-schools-work/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: LL https://www.isegoria.net/2013/05/do-charter-schools-work/comment-page-1/#comment-869310 LL Wed, 29 May 2013 13:48:15 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31768#comment-869310 Precisely. Public education is a monoculture. When i say public I include the private ones that can’t, due to government rules or said culture, get out of the jail. After all, the teachers come mostly from the same places.

Besides, the whole text is a testament to that entrenched educative culture. It is enough to go to this part: “There are some great ones but also some real duds.”
Why the surprise?

For example, why is a 50% score good enough for all learning subjects? Why isn’t 80% the lower limit in some? Can anyone use math with only a 50% score? Software certification requires 90%…

]]> By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2013/05/do-charter-schools-work/comment-page-1/#comment-868782 Ross Tue, 28 May 2013 18:04:53 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31768#comment-868782 This is a joke, right?

“…The secret [is]: longer hours and additional school days…. frequent testing and….even longer days…”

That does not sound like a radical divergence.

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