tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post8501766517811256807..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: For Many, The Charter School Miracle Really Is A Mirage.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-82146552749501594952014-10-17T07:59:28.214-04:002014-10-17T07:59:28.214-04:00Anon 7:14 - -Yep, that 40 bucks will really help ...Anon 7:14 - -Yep, that 40 bucks will really help me with the huge spike in NYC property taxes, DEP water bill, insurance, and Con Edison gas/electric. No more cable for me, as it is now a luxury that can't be afforded. I am currently using an old fashioned tv antenna to get free OTA local channels. Better than nothing, I suppose.ReadyToRetireNownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-20997612942088004992014-10-16T07:14:43.828-04:002014-10-16T07:14:43.828-04:00great raise in our last paycheck. i think it is al...great raise in our last paycheck. i think it is alnmost a $40.00 increase. we are fools to put up with this nonsense!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-15597174562080198242014-10-15T13:41:57.462-04:002014-10-15T13:41:57.462-04:00its funny, and i will preface that i am not good a...its funny, and i will preface that i am not good at it but it seems as though i cannot distinguish between who are students now and who are actual teachers!!! strange but true. the nyc schools are a complete mess made up of newbie teachers who either look like high school students or college kids...hardly the school we all know where you can actually tell who are the students and who are the teachers...such sham..such bs...such incompentance....such bloomberg klein theory of drunken science...a hole in the biggest sense...wow this is what happens when everyone in the private sector loses their jobs and floods the education job market and the politicians now teach us how we need to run schools...a fregan disaster and disgrace on nyc but nyc somehow got stuck with bloomberg and mr devil klein goo goo eyes kleinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-45546516447119850642014-10-14T09:21:20.400-04:002014-10-14T09:21:20.400-04:00Its all smoke and mirrors people. Politicians are...Its all smoke and mirrors people. Politicians are inferior humans who are programmed to be self sufficient and always bow to the dollar. Cuomo is prime example of politician who plays his fiddle for the charter people and then pretends he is a friend of the UFT. He low balled diblasio with a shot between the legs sticking up for moskowitch and her phony foes...did he care that students in NYC schools would suffer?? No inferior people...self centered neophytes who believe they are going to live forever and that the world revolves around them. The earth revolves around the sun but people like cuomo and moskowitch seem to think that the earth revolves around them. One can only hope that these "inferior" human beings get it and get it good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-84979432256044840072014-10-14T08:04:09.889-04:002014-10-14T08:04:09.889-04:00Well, charters can never fully take over because t...Well, charters can never fully take over because they would then be NYC public schools and I'm sure they don't wan that. Can't kick kids out if there is nowhere to put them. <br /><br />How bad is the pay at charters? I thought it was comparable to public schools? Is there a salary scale somewhere? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-1242628053078815992014-10-13T22:32:50.350-04:002014-10-13T22:32:50.350-04:00Anon 9:39, I think it's flat out racism, but w...Anon 9:39, I think it's flat out racism, but wrapped up in something slightly more benign than George Wallace standing in front of a university bellowing about segregation.<br /><br />Charter school operatives like Eva Moskowitz or HCZ assume that mostly poor black/Latino parents will tolerate things that middle class/white parents wouldn't tolerate. For instance, in Success Academy you can apparently be suspended for "not making eye contact" with the teacher. Try that in Long Island. "Your daughter was suspended for two days." "Why?" "She didn't make eye contact." <br /><br />Another thing is the ads: if Success Academy was boasting these "incredible" test scores but the student population was a mix of Asian/black/white/Latino/South Asian people would shrug. But the media gets more excited with the idea that students they assume to be "underachieving' (read: poor black/Latino) can be "proficient." <br /><br />As I said, just because it's not George Wallace screaming "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" doesn't mean it's not totally cynical, unacceptable racism.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-7559025104763231932014-10-13T21:39:38.897-04:002014-10-13T21:39:38.897-04:00Why don't white children attend charters? I&#...Why don't white children attend charters? I'm not trying to be funny, I'm actually serious. Why are charter schools 100% black/Latino?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-12444394739024303292014-10-13T10:48:15.218-04:002014-10-13T10:48:15.218-04:00I interviewed at several charter schools last year...I interviewed at several charter schools last year. Some were not well known, and one was an extremely acclaimed charter school. There was a huge gap between the utopian claims by the news media and what I saw was the daily reality. <br /><br />What I saw:<br /><br />1. Students as unruly and out of control as you'd expect to find in any inner-city public school. In one case I saw a huge fight break out in the girl's bathroom.<br />2. Huge numbers of vacancies at all times. If they're so good, why do teachers leave at the drop of a hat?<br />3. Several parents walk in with an application and voila the kids were enrolled. The lottery is pretty much a marketing scheme. <br />4. Ridiculous pay. One charter school wanted me to tutor after school for four hours a day, going into evening hours, no overtime pay, for barely over the minimum wage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-4558777691025834702014-10-13T10:22:35.011-04:002014-10-13T10:22:35.011-04:00Excellent article. You may, in the near future, se...Excellent article. You may, in the near future, see a dystopian system put in place where 50% of schools are charters and the other 50% dumping grounds for those charters. The tenured, the ATRs, the unionists, etc. would work in the dumps. The charters will get the best students, resources and out of work actors (to read scripts).Bronx ATRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787717237141454628noreply@blogger.com