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Do you think the Governor’s increased investment into charter schools will diminish the value of the Boston public Schools?

Charter Schools are not a quick fix to closing the achievement gap. As long as charter schools are required to teach to the MCAS, it would not have the opportunity to be innovative.


 Angela Paige Cook
Ph.D, Paige Academy
Roxbury
As a parent, I support school choice and the investment in charter schools. I think charter schools offer parents an excellent option.


Monica Zeno-Martin
V.P. Programs and Employment
Jewish Vocational Services, Mattapan
In a way it does because it lessens the book value. BPS teachers photo copy much of their lessons. After the lesson students treat the photo copy work as throw away material. This diminishes the value of their education.


Marquis Spriggs
Child Supervisor
Dorchester
I think we need to address the education of our young people on all levels and funding and developing charter schools is one avenue.


Jason Boyd
Pan-Africanist
Dorchester
I think it will, but it's for the better. Because of the declining results of the kids' academic performances and because of their (charter school's) innovative structure.
 
 Gamaliel Madelon
R&B Recording Artist
Brockton
We shouldn't reinvent the wheel. Let's invest in what we have.



 Queenette Santos
Site Unit Director
Dorchester
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Feb 18 17:59pm by Donna Stewartson [158.121.198.161]

Yes, I believe that the Boston Public Schools value will be diminished.  I think it is great for all parents to have choice. But, not at the expense of Boston Public Schools.   It is not fair for those children who want to stay in their neighborhood and recieve an excellent education to have to travel miles away.  More money needs to be invested in Boston Public School, they are caring individuals who want to make BPS better.  There are BPS schools where students have to share text books, but we can just abandon our school.  As a past BPS employee and a Charter School parent, I am experiencing the difficulties boys face in Charter Schools and the excessive amounts of demerits and detentions that cripple these young mens spirit.  The teachers seemed to be stress out with the amount of work that is necessary to keep up the reputation of Charter School.  There is so much discipline the children are not allowed to be children.  It becomes a miltary boot camp, where children (especially boys) are forced to sit and be watched in glass detention rooms.