Posted on 07/14/2020 8:11:27 AM PDT by karpov
Thomas Sowell is a truth seeker who grew up in Harlem and is one of the wisest men of our times. In his new book, Charter Schools and Their Enemies — published on June 30, 2020, his 90th birthday — he exposes the hypocrisy of our politicians, teachers’ unions, and public school bureaucrats.
To do so, Sowell compares New York City’s charter schools to its public ones. For example, Success Academy (47 New York City schools) and KIPP Academy (15 NYC schools), both public charter schools, have established the best K-12 schools in Harlem and have demonstrated the ability to successfully educate minority students. These charter schools have conclusively proven that minorities and underprivileged students can be educated to the highest standards. This extraordinary success is based on test data from the state of New York and is achieved despite large class sizes of around 30 and fewer financial resources than traditional public schools.
These charter schools require a high level of discipline from every student and a focus on primary academics, including mathematics, history, science, logic, writing, and thinking skills. Importantly, in these schools there is more time to teach. This means students spend more time on task than those in traditional public schools.
In Harlem, charter schools are often located in the same building as traditional public schools. Sowell compares test data from these schools, which jointly house traditional public school students and charter school students.
In the same building, 7 percent of the public school students pass the math test, while down the hall in the charter school, 100 percent pass the test. Sowell states that peer pressure in Harlem charters is geared toward excellence, while peer pressure in public schools is mostly against academic growth.
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Sowell’s interview with Levin was magisterial.
It was amazing. And to think he’s 90!
Kids need to be interested in gaining knowledge.
Teaching just speeds up the process.
Pretty tough to teach kids who don’t want to learn.
Not all Charter Schools have “good” motives; wise to do some research—
Gulen Charter Schools in the US
https://turkishinvitations.weebly.com/list-of-us-schools.html
https://aim4truth.org/2018/07/01/muslim-imam-rips-off-u-s-charter-schools/
There’s one in Bryan, TX (not on the list above), a “Harmony” charter school though.
Maybe President Trump should put him in the head spot for the Department of Education.....
Does Sowell count as a black person? I have a personal affirmative action program that has me proactively trying to make friends with black people. But the runs that I befriend all end up sounding like Sowell, Williams, Terry Crews, even Kanye. But I hear they aren’t black.
runs = ones
Unions are opposed to education.
bkmk
Sowell compares charter schools to public ones
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