tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post8627692701705081768..comments2024-03-09T03:28:44.216-05:00Comments on Thoughts on Education Policy: A Few Thoughts on the NYC Charter Schools Evaluation ProjectCorey Bunje Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764159604965707919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-72233814719370165712009-09-27T19:05:20.989-04:002009-09-27T19:05:20.989-04:00Thanks, Corey--
Hoxby seems to address the attrit...Thanks, Corey--<br /><br />Hoxby seems to address the attrition question on the following page. Though I'm not entirely convinced by her analysis, she does not simply ignore the attrition problem, as claimed elsewhere.Claus von Zastrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404419671419647588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-62007432275369604552009-09-25T00:13:29.705-04:002009-09-25T00:13:29.705-04:00Claus: It's pg. 71 in my Adobe Acrobat, but it...Claus: It's pg. 71 in my Adobe Acrobat, but it's labeled page VI-I in the report. It reads "So far, about 14 percent of charter school students analyzed in this report have returned to the traditional public schools." It's the percentage of students who have left over the course of the study -- I'm not sure how long the average student in the study has been attending a charter school. Another good question for me to ask the report writers (or to read more closely to try and find).<br /><br />Though, actually, now that I think about, the number that leave charter schools is at least 17% (look at the table on the next page). I'll correct the original post.Corey Bunje Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764159604965707919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-80264803896285492422009-09-24T07:21:30.995-04:002009-09-24T07:21:30.995-04:00Corey, I can't find your reference you cite to...Corey, I can't find your reference you cite to students leaving charters. (You pegged the number at 14% and said it appears on p. 71). Was that an annual attrition rate (which seems to high) or the average attrition rate over 8 years (which seems to low)?<br /><br />A sound study, but I'd appreciate your thoughts on student attrition.Claus von Zastrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404419671419647588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-43686804098140172532009-09-24T01:45:21.435-04:002009-09-24T01:45:21.435-04:00On our website, you will see our thoughts regardin...On our website, you will see our thoughts regarding charter schools.<br />http://seattle-ed.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-40552727511610391012009-09-23T03:15:13.026-04:002009-09-23T03:15:13.026-04:00There are few things that leave me more cynical ab...There are few things that leave me more cynical about Ed Reform (with a capital E and R) than the way "charter vs. regular" has become the lens to compare schools.<br /><br />Is it the governance model that produces the differences that Hoxley sees, or the length of the school year? Or some other factor such as class size or teacher pay?<br /><br />It's possible that how decision are made affects what kind of decisions are made. But it's the "what" that really affects students.<br /><br />And though calling for the abolition of traditional school districts appears to be the new new thing in Ed Reform, I think it would be a lot easier to add 10 days to the school year than to re-make the governance structure of public education.RDThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566356038836885187noreply@blogger.com