Sunday, March 06, 2011

CHEATING SCHOOLS CAN’T BE TOLERATED …but what about playing fast-and-loose with the truth?

Letters to the LA Times - 6 March 2011 |http://lat.ms/fVlVVa

Re "Six schools that cheated to be closed," March 1

Cheating is unacceptable and inexcusable in any school, and the California Charter Schools Assn. is in complete support of the Los Angeles Board of Education's decision.

In fact, the CCSA is taking the lead in increasing academic accountability for schools. Last month, we issued our first "Portrait of the Movement" report, analyzing the performance of all charter schools in California and highlighting schools that are posting phenomenal results, as well as those with unacceptably low scores.

To that end, we also commend the L.A. board for voting to close Cornerstone Prep School in Florence, one of 33 schools we identified as having persistently low academic performance.

The CCSA does not support charter renewals for schools that do not deliver on the promise of a high-quality education. We look forward to working with the L.A. Unified School District to hold all public schools to the highest ethical standards.

Jed Wallace

Sacramento

The writer is president and chief executive of the California Charter Schools Assn.

2cents smf: The LA Times reported in their March 2 story [http://bit.ly/fdveDe+]:

“The Crescendo charter had a pair of unlikely defenders, the head of the teachers union and the California Charter Schools Assn.”  ….”Association director Jed Wallace said he lacked enough information to pass judgment. Nor would he say that cheating per se should be a cause for dismissal or a charter revocation.”

Stonewall?  Selective memory? Cover up? Whitewash? Which one is it? This has all the appearance of flip-flops spinning out of control!

 

The Board of Education is to be congratulated for overriding the staff recommendation of a whitewash for the Crescendo charter organization. Such a staff recommendation is a clear indication of the rot within the administration.

Since when is an experienced educator given a pass for cheating?

William Connelly

Brea

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