Michigan law requires a charter school to be closed if it is in the bottom 5 percent of state public schools in academic achievement three years in a row.
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But public schools do not have to be closed under the same rules?
This is math. SOME SCHOOLS have to be the bottom 5% in academic achievement (aside: how is this measured?). So it becomes a matter of musical chairs as to which schools those are if they cannot be at the bottom for 3 years in a row.
This is just redistributing the curve.
I always knew that charter schools were a scam to try to get the pressure off of vouchers - thanks for confirming it.
Charter schools are a scam but some are truly better places to park your kids than public. I hope my kid gets into one for K next year. Lesser evil and I can’t homeschool her right now.