k-12 privatization lwv 10-7 full presentation

8/10/2019 K-12 Privatization LWV 10-7 Full Presentation

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K-12 PRIVATIZATION, ANINDEPENDENT INQUIRY


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one to teach ushow to make a

living

and the oth

how to live.

James Truslow Adams, historian popularizthe term American Dream

Everyone Should Have Two Educations


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Serving The Unmet Need LWVLow Income, Reading, Innovation

IT DOESNT COST THE SAME TO

EDUCATE EACH CHILD!

M-D Charter

M-D Traditional

State

3rd Grade Free & R

Lunch (FRL)

43%

44%

43%

43%

2011

2012

2013

2014

Florida % Not Passing 3rd

Grade Reading Levels


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Strategically Aligning Resources With Nee

Spe

Nee

Stud(Rela

Prop

Source: Finn


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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS (LWV) Stuon School Choice: Consensus on Charter Scho

..initiated to better understand

oversight of public moneys that aallocated to charter schools & othprivate educational institutions.


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Public (Inclusive) or Private (Exclusive) ?

Public: Magnets, CareerAcademies, Neighborhood/

Community Schools

Privatized: Charters &Vouchers

Responsibility

Information

Market Driven

Wants vs Needs

CHOICE


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Privatization of K-12 Education

GOVERN

MENT

SchoolBoardNOT-FOR-P

ROFIT

CharterSchools

FORPROFITCORP

Mgmt.

Company

Charter Schools: While privately owned and managed, aunder contract to public school districts, funded by the puband accountable to the public LWV Definition

-$

-LaDe

-PoSta


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Selected Admissions/Dismissals QuestionedPractices Observed;

Miami-Dade Public Schools have 67%Kindergarten Readiness, while Charters hav

Charter Lower Free & Reduced Lunch & ES

Charters Cherry Picking Students


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Charters Marketing to Lowest Cost KidM-DCPS Expenditures

Traditional Charter

Source: M-DCPS School Board Work


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ThreeControl 27%

of FloridaCharterSchools

LWV Charter School Report

For Profit Management Compan

Academica 9161%

Charter USA 44

30%

Imagine 14

9%


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LWV Conflict of Interest Concerns

Senator John Legg, Chair of Senate Education Committee

Senator Kelli Stargel, Orange County

House Budget Chairman Seth Mckeel

Future House Speaker Richard Corcoran

Senator Anitere Flores

House Education Appropriations Sub-Committee Chair Erik Fre

House Representative Manny Diaz Jr.


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Miami-Dade Legislators

Patricia & George Levesque


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K-12 Privatization Legislation

PASSED:

SB 850 HB 7167 (2014) VouchersExpansion

HB 5101 (2012) Facilities HB 7195 (2011) High Performing

Charters

SB 1620 (2011) VirtualCharters

FAILED:

HB 875 (20Accountab

HB 7083 (20Application

HB1191 (20


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Student AchievementNo Consistent Difference!

Florida Not on Top Performing Charter School

Source: National Charter School Study CREDO Stanford Un

CharterSchools

vsTraditional

Schools

2

40%

31%

Math

Better No Diffe

25%

56%

19%

Reading

Better No Difference Worse


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Florida Charter Experience

Only 27% Rated High Performing (FY 201

50% of all F Rated Schools in 2011

20% Charter Closure Rate Statewide

2013 State Audit Report - 315 instancweak internal control


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Resegregation

Florida: 1/8 Charters are 90% single1/12 public schools are 90% single

Miami-Dade 25 charters with 90%Hispanic, public schools 65% Hispa


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Florida Tax Credit (FTC) Vouchers

59,822 Vouchers in FY 2013-14 totaling $274

No FCAT and No School Grades

Requirements Less Stringent Than Public Sc

81% of FTC Students Attend Religious Schoo


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Improvement Rates

Had all students throughout the country made the avegains as those in the four leading states, the United Statwould have been making progress roughly comparableGermany and the United Kingdom, bringing the United

reasonably close to the top-performing countries in theworld.

Source: Endangering Prosperity, A Global View of the American S

Erik A. Hanushek, Paul E Peterson, & Ludger Woessmann, Brooking Institute

#1 Maryland; #2 Florida; #3 Delaware; #4 Massachuset


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Disparity of Results: Large DistrictsStrategically Align Resources With Need B

#1 MarylandStudent in ToLargest Scho

#2 Florida Over 7Student in Top 10Largest School D


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Large Districts = Economies of ScaleRisk Losing Florida Taxpayer Economic Adva

Strategically Better AlignResources with the Need

Kids Do Better When TheAre Met (Finnish Lessons)

Best Improvement Rates Best Return on Investme

Reduces Tax Payer Burd

Dollars Available ToAddress Educational Needs


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Significant Improvement & Awards

FLORIDA #2 FOR IMPROVEMENT RATES

M-DCPS:

Graduation Rates up 43%

2012 Broad Prize for Urban Education (Lowering Achievement Gap)

86% of senior highs rated A or B (2013)

69% Approval Rating for $1.2B GOB Referendum (2012)

National & Florida Superintendent of the Year

5 out of 6 Floridas High-Risk School Tax Watch Elite Principal Award (


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