tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post2050325522014258068..comments2024-03-28T02:32:33.019-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Ask Eva Moskowitz About The Attrition Rate At Success Academiesreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-82953183218748712822014-03-11T21:45:42.096-04:002014-03-11T21:45:42.096-04:00Hard to believe the Morning Joe clowns didn't ...Hard to believe the Morning Joe clowns didn't pursue this story too.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-42394055467620602162014-03-11T21:45:19.706-04:002014-03-11T21:45:19.706-04:00You raise a very good point about filling slots, T...You raise a very good point about filling slots, Tim. But there was the Juan Gonzalez piece about the counseling out issue last August:<br /><br />http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/success-academy-fire-parents-fight-disciplinary-policy-article-1.1438753<br /><br />Still, as you noted, not letting in anybody after third grade goes a long way toward making sure only the kids they want take the tests.<br />reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-33706133351871526922014-03-11T10:31:11.448-04:002014-03-11T10:31:11.448-04:00Not singling you out here, but I am continually be...Not singling you out here, but I am continually bewildered by discussions of Success's attrition rate that fail to bring up their no-backfill policy. <br /><br />Their attrition rates are not substantially higher than district schools, and I simply haven't seen enough evidence to support the theory that they are actively counseling out a lot of kids. If you were a family that stuck it out for years with the long school days and all the behavioral stuff, wouldn't you scream bloody murder if 4th or 5th grade came along and the school kicked you out? <br /><br />Their secret sauce is that they don't let in any new kids after the first day of third grade. Kids who struggle to do the work or have a change in life circumstances leave voluntarily. The highest performers tend to stay. And there's no fear of getting random new kids to come in and mess up the test scores. <br /><br />It certainly violates the spirit of the state charter school law, and it possible violates the letter of it, too. It is the charter sector's most precious and dirty little secret: KIPP, Democracy Prep, Harlem Village, and all the other prominent networks got their clocks cleaned on the Common Core tests. Without Success, the narrative of charter superiority would be much harder for the sector to sell to the media. Forget banning co-locations, rent, corporate backing, equal number of special ed/ELLs--the quickest and easiest way to slow Success is to force them to admit new kids to fill seats lost to attrition in every single grade. Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-70840297621168544202014-03-11T10:18:40.266-04:002014-03-11T10:18:40.266-04:00Charters unloading kids who don't test well or...Charters unloading kids who don't test well or come from troubled backgrounds? Say it aint so. Sit back and wait for the shrieking clache of denyniks who always rush in when this ugly reality surfaces....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.com