Comments on: Vouchers Go Down In Flames

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 04 May 2006 04:33:05 +0000

I’m old enough to remember when all teachers had to do was teach. They weren’t babysitters, probation officers, nurses, bureaucrats, or anything else, they just taught.

Of course, those were the days when you live on a minimum wage job.

By: andante

andante — Thu, 04 May 2006 03:22:16 +0000

Well, you know – public schools have nothing else to do.

(/snark)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 04 May 2006 02:23:48 +0000

I don’t like the government intervening, but, when tax dollars are involved there has to be oversight.

Nice, so the public schools have to do all of the accounting and the charter schools just get a bundle of cash. That increases the overhead for public schools and reduces it for charter schools. What a scam.

No reporting requirements and the ability to “cherry pick” students. Gee, I wonder if a public school could prosper under those rules, instead of the current regime?[/snark]

By: Mustang Bobby

Mustang Bobby — Wed, 03 May 2006 16:49:51 +0000

It is also interesting to note that charter schools in Florida must receive the same consideration when applying for grants — they’re counted as equals in the process — and that the public school districts are the conduits for grant funds from the federal and state governments. However, there is no oversight whatsoever of those funds once the charters get them; the districts basically act as money-launderers for the charters. When charter schools go belly-up or play fast and loose with the funds, there’s no way to audit them, at least in terms of what the district does. All we do is hand over the dough and hope that they do right by the kids.