tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post303305305427609928..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: Senate Ed Committee passes Charter pilotRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-42487816860396090542012-03-28T10:56:04.198-04:002012-03-28T10:56:04.198-04:00I think charter schools in the state of Kentucky w...I think charter schools in the state of Kentucky would be detrimental to the success of the rest of our schools. Why would our state authorize a special school, that only kids that get drawn get to participate in? It just seems fundamentally unfair to the rest of the kids that are not as lucky as the others. If the state thinks public education is in such a drastic need of change, then why do they not adjust the school systems, not add another slice of pie to the education budget, hurting public school districts even more. If you look at the RAND Education’s analysis of Charter schools (http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG869.pdf) then you can see that charter schools do not show drastic achievement growth in many areas, and in some areas, the achievement growth even shrinks. No one person has the solution to solve the education problems in this nation, but taking even more money away from the public schools hurt more kids then it helps, and I think that is the real issue.Kevin Presnellnoreply@blogger.com