The first rule of human experimentation
DO NO HARM!!!
ALEC free-market philosophy in education FAILS again.
Replacing public education with for-profit schools - FAILS again.
The school children in Pennsylvania were the human subjects of this ALEC experimentation - the ALEC legislators of Pennsylvania are complicit in this experiment on American children - an experiment that harmed a vulnerable population - Pennsylvania's children.
Replacing public education with for-profit schools - FAILS again.
The school children in Pennsylvania were the human subjects of this ALEC experimentation - the ALEC legislators of Pennsylvania are complicit in this experiment on American children - an experiment that harmed a vulnerable population - Pennsylvania's children.
(My emphasis)
Results in Pennsylvania ShowCharter Schools Fail Their Own Hype
- Jon Queally, staff writer
The nationwide push for
privatization of education through corporate-backed charter schools received a
rebuke this week after newly calculated data in Pennsylvania showed that such schools are
markedly out-performed by their public counterparts.
Under a new and controversial
method the department used last fall, 49
percent of 156 charter schools met benchmarks based on student tests scores
in 2011-12.
The rate dropped to 28 percent after the
department released a recalculation this week. In Philadelphia, the percentage of the 80 charter schools that met the standards
declined from 54 percent to 29 percent.
None of the 12 cyber charter schools that provide online in-home
instruction to students statewide met the benchmarks. Previously, one met
the standard.
ALEC Scorecard – where they keep track of the success of
implementing ALEC “model legislation”
1992 ALEC Scorecard
EDUCATION
Model Legislation
Introduced
AZ. CT. FL MA. MI. NJ,
NY. OR. PA TN. VT. WI. WY
Enacted
CO. GA. NM
2000 ALEC Annual Report
Education Task Force
The mission of the Education Task Force
is to help promote excellence in our country’s educational system. The Task
Force is helping to reach that level of excellence by advocating strong accountability
in public schools and advancing education reform policies, such as charter
schools
2001 ALEC Annual Report
2001 Legislative Highlights
One of the most important
resources ALEC provides to its members is model legislation. In 2001, more than
a dozen states introduced legislation to create charter schools or strengthen
existing charter school
2005 ALEC Federal Forum
Instead, ALEC advocates for strong
accountability in public schools, providing a path for alternate teacher
certification and promoting charter schools and choice programs.
2010
Inside ALEC | November/December
2010
A Look into the 2011 Legislative
Cycle
Following is a compilation of ALEC
policy solutions for budget crises, education, health care, and other issues
that are affected by and significantly affect budgetary spending in addition to
improving the economy. … Allow
for more charter schools. This is especially true for those 11 states that
currently don’t have any.
Ten years later – the high-risk charter school experiment by the
American Legislative Exchange fails and the victims are the children
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