[Peace-discuss] Charter schools

[Karen Medina]

I'm not proud of it though. My revised one made more sense.
-karen medina

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>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:33:11 -0600
>From: "Brian Dolinar" <briandolinar at gmail.com>  
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Charter schools  
>To: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>, "Peace List" <peace at lists.chambana.net>, announce at communitycourtwatch.org, "contactus at habariconnection.com" <contactus at habariconnection.com>, "Public i" <print at ucimc.org>
>
>Nice article by Karen.  BD
>
>Champaign schools failing community
>Tuesday January 16, 2007
>
>The white community is lacking information about charter schools. This
>is important for Champaign residents right now. (I am white, so be
>appropriately offended).
>
>Charter schools are public schools, not private. The proposed charter
>school would have specialized in reading. These schools can deliver
>superior education to the target community in their specialty (read
>the Harvard Report). These schools offer smaller classes and more
>individual attention than conventional public schools.
>
>The conventional public schools are failing the African-American
>community, and the white community, the Latino community and everyone
>else, and most unfortunately, the Champaign school district is forcing
>each community to find its own solutions. Middle-class parents are
>putting their kids in private schools or are home schooling. The
>poorer communities do not have this luxury. This is not just isolation
>by race, but also by poverty and language.
>
>The Champaign school board needs to communicate with the families it
>serves. Having their lawyer talk for them is not communication. It was
>a lack of communication that led to the school district being sued,
>not a lack of lawyers. Work with the people. They have great ideas.
>Assign two board members to improve proposals brought to them. Or
>better yet serve the community better so charter schools are not
>needed.
>
>Paying for good education for all is a preventative investment. We
>should be keeping an eye on our school board: we elected it, it works
>for us. When it makes mistakes, we pay dearly.
>
>KAREN EVANS MEDINA
>
>Champaign
>
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>Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
>303 W. Locust St.
>Urbana, IL 61801
>briandolinar at gmail.com
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