tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post8459183316456386380..comments2023-12-29T05:24:43.830-06:00Comments on Kay Brooks: Graffitied GarciaKay Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-25120573863025734522007-03-28T08:53:00.000-05:002007-03-28T08:53:00.000-05:00Tom, Perhaps it's the difference between the magne...Tom, <BR/><BR/>Perhaps it's the difference between the magnets still being in the system and the charters having the freedom to work outside the usual constraints that come from the central office and the employment contracts.Kay Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-43920347536680283572007-03-27T22:14:00.000-05:002007-03-27T22:14:00.000-05:00"Let's get this straight....we've got to get past ..."Let's get this straight....we've got to get past the us v. them in the charter school conversations."<BR/><BR/>I agree, but it's a sentiment that should also be true for magnets. It's kind of ironic to me that those who are magnet supporters are hostile to charters and those who are charter supporters (like yourself) tend to have an attitude about magnets, when both are really trying to find new frameworks to the one choice "zone school" system of student assignment. <BR/><BR/>I have slowly become more open to experimentation through charters, if nothing else to bypass or neutralize some of the bureaucracy that I increasingly see as a hindrance. I hope you can see magnets as schools that take our mission quite seriously and do offer choice to both MNPS-committed families and to families who might not otherwise be a part of MNPS.<BR/><BR/>What is it that makes these conflicting perceptions of the two- the political innuendo anecdotally associated with each? Academic magnets tending to lean to the left and charters generally promoted by right wing interests? Perhaps that's part of what we need to get past. Seems if more public school choice is a goal, we should focus on the commonalities of charters and magnets rather than the differences.<BR/><BR/>TomBuckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087082956705159705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-15397267511479615782007-03-26T09:30:00.000-05:002007-03-26T09:30:00.000-05:00While I found the picture on the cover distasteful...While I found the picture on the cover distasteful and certainly in step with a traditional rag newspaper, I also found some nuggets of information in the article. <BR/><BR/>Kay, I agree with you about the charter schools; Garcia's cavalier attitude toward them is also the attitude I've seen within the parent groups too.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03046941523697210072noreply@blogger.com