我们工会长期以来的首要任务之一就是反对将我们的公共教育系统私有化, whether through the expansion of charter schools or new voucher schemes.
Latest Charter 新闻
- SBOE approves new health 和 science curriculum, 听到十博官网手机版教室审查和十博手机网站招生的错误建议On November 20, 国家教育委员会(SBOE)在认识到扩大性别范围的必要性方面取得了一些进展…… [ more ]
- 德州AFT对十博手机网站的两个关键问责规则的改变进行了证明:ESL和特殊教育指标On Monday, 德克萨斯州AFT立法顾问Patty Quinzi在德克萨斯州教育局就提议的十博手机网站表现作证。 [ more ]
- IDEA十博手机网站起诉州政府，要求政府隐瞒巨额开支的公开记录IDEA十博手机网站上周起诉司法部长肯·帕克斯顿，要求其停止公布报销记录。 [ more ]
Charter Schools in Texas
Charter schools cost Texas taxpayers $3.6 billion each year. What that money buys is a publicly funded, 私人管理的第二学校系统从我们的公立学校中吸取资金.
在这些主要来自州外特许连锁的营销信息背后，有一些令人吃惊的现实:
- Charter schools drain money from public school districts. Not only do charter schools eat up $3.60亿的国家资金，他们从独立的学区吸引学生. 这些地区拥有大量固定成本，它们无法将支出减少到与收入损失相同的程度. That means cuts to academics, programs, 和 staff.
- Charter schools are unaccountable. 最近的十博手机网站丑闻表明，纳税人的钱被用来为CEO提供豪华运动休息室和私人飞机等福利. (Just check out the #AnotherDayAnotherCharterSc和al hashtag on Twitter.)
- Charter schools aren’t held to the same st和ards. Charters are often exempt from the same academic st和ards, health 和 safety rules, 和 civil rights requirements as our public schools.
- Charter schools cherry-pick students. Despite their vaunted success metrics, 十博手机网站利用漏洞和武断的“纪律”要求，将有特殊需要的学生和其他弱势学生拒之门外，或者将他们送回公立学校系统.
- Charter schools lack elected oversight. 十博手机网站不负责任，很大程度上是因为它们的监管比我们的公立学校少 和 even less if House Bill 1348 passes. 十博手机网站由自我选择的董事会管理，董事会成员通常居住在德克萨斯州以外. 与此同时，十博手机网站的扩展须经指定的教育专员批准.
Town Hall: Transparency in Texas Charter Schools
In December 2020, we invited State Reps. Terry Canales, Vikki Goodwin, 和Mary González一起讨论十博手机网站的问题以及他们计划提交的法案 87th Texas Legislature to hold this secondary school system accountable.
事实和. Fiction: Texas Charter Schools
十博官网手机版十博手机网站的好处，十博手机网站的支持者和业内人士倾向于使用相同的观点. At best, these tend to be half-truths. At worst, they’re outright lies 和 distortions of data. 如果你在谈论十博手机网站，你可能会听到至少以下误区之一.
传说:德州十博手机网站的成绩比公立学校好
公立学区在所有科目的州级STAAR测试中通常都优于特许学区, which you can see in Texas Education Agency data. More meaningfully, the four-year graduation rate for district high school students is higher than charters, while the dropout rate 十博手机网站的学费几乎是公立学校的三倍.
Myth: Texas charter schools promote educational equity for students
Despite their claims, charter schools do not serve all students. Texas state law (Texas Education Code 12.111 (a)(5)(A))允许十博手机网站拒绝招收有任何学科历史的学生, no matter how minor the offense. Charters also serve an average of 27% fewer students with special needs compared to public school districts.
那些被十博手机网站录取的学生实际上可能得不到个性化的关注. Many charters have larger class sizes than school districts.
Myth: Texas charter schools are ‘more accountable’ than public schools
公立学区由其所在社区选出的董事会管理. 十博手机网站由自选的董事会管理，不向当地纳税人或选民负责——这些董事会成员中有许多人居住在社区甚至州政府之外.
Because charters are privately administered, 纳税人对他们的公共资金如何使用的洞察和监督要少得多. Despite claiming to have “waitlists” of students wanting to enroll, charters spend significant amounts on marketing 和 advertising; if you’ve watched the World Series, Super Bowl, or prime-time programming recently, you may have seen ads for IDEA Public Schools.
Not to mention the spending sc和als on private jets 和 luxury sports boxes …
Myth: Texas charter schools are more innovative than public schools
十博手机网站被出售给家长和社区，作为创新的孵化器. As mentioned above, the results for our students do not bear out.
有大胆想法来吸引学生的教师不太可能在平均工资为50美元的十博手机网站待太久 $4,582 less per year than school districts. In fact, teachers at charters have almost double the turnover rate of districts.
当十博手机网站平均花费 $526 less per student on instruction each year, while receiving more state funding per student than public school districts.
传说:德州十博手机网站有一个“候补名单”的学生准备登记
长期以来，十博手机网站一直声称有数十万学生的“候补名单”, 和 they have used that claim to argue for additional state funding. 但这些自我报告的数字没有得到任何中立第三方的证实. And even those self-reported numbers are much lower than previously stated, according to 茶.
Case Study: IDEA ‘Public’ Schools
让我们看一个例子来说明十博手机网站更广泛的问题 IDEA Public Schools charter chain, which receives $498 million in state funds each year, despite repeated spending sc和als.
IDEA’s charter schools enroll 63,200 students in Texas. In 2020, 该连锁公司提出了有史以来最大的扩建请求，并获得了12个新校区的批准——可容纳15个,000 additional students.
But what have they used that $498 million in public funding on?