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FBN’s John Stossel argues that charter schools can benefit the children in America’s public-school system.
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Schools spending has tripled over the past forty years we now spent much more than other countries but what do we get.
Fancier schools more assistant principals but student learning.
No improvement look at here's the line.
For forty years scores have been flat much more money no improvement this is awful.
Spot there is some good news around America some very cool things are starting to happen should.
-- -- Is -- yeah.
Truth is the you know I went to school grade school was -- so -- high school so it was Princeton.
Except for the party parts.
But fourth grade you have to learn reading it right.
That's work meeting is what -- -- -- and all rock and -- In these kids say school is -- and hours of -- or.
-- just end up on what they see you guys look forward to going to school warning yet and.
These kids attend one of those new charter school free public schools but they're charter lets the schools -- -- Bureaucracy of regular schools including teachers union rules.
This school in -- the inner city kids bureaucrats label at risk of failure.
But these kids learn.
DeVon is a 100% on top of for game right now going to our school is.
A ticket to educational success this woman runs several -- school.
-- -- -- Test schools -- do this all with the same money the public schools can we actually do with last four and 6000 dollars less per child.
Now.
For less money.
Do they get the so interest your interest in math and yet.
Very little.
The school -- here is longer -- -- state to 5 PM.
Charter teachers can be -- to work more than union would have -- they told us they don't worry but you're gonna burn why -- ticked off.
That's not an option for us because.
We kind of have -- hand the prize with these kids.
They use all sorts of new teaching -- Sometimes teachers where -- pieces during class and then they're coached by their bosses.
What are they telling you.
They're telling me things that I don't see if I don't think of a great question in this in the moment.
My principles able to kind of feed that to me through the ear piece we kind of being teachers as athletes.
In the Olympics and they need constant support in coaching to block the top of their -- Kids at this school constantly -- their hands around.
It confused me but -- the students explained it's what they call active listening.
Instead of interrupting class to blurt out say can -- go to the bathroom war I agree with that.
The students make hand gestures -- assemble for agree.
-- all wrong key test scores made these charters so popular the parents lined up hoping to get their kids admit.
This line that goes on and -- on.
Forever.
Goes around the block.
So many applicants.
Are not that many spaces so what do you do when you have thousands of people just a few hundred slap.
They hold a lot -- The winners are happy sadly there are many losers.
On the other end of America Oakland California another chartered chain get similar results using different method.
What I say give me the worst goal in Oakland.
Black Mexican.
Polka -- give us the worst school anywhere in America.
And we'll take it and -- what will outperform.
The other schools in five years -- Davis created them at the American Indian doctors who.
Right in the heart of a -- neighbor.
These -- hard workers here.
The kids at American Indian schools now have some of the highest scores in California.
You could do that in the same amount the state gives every school.
We get less.
We get less than every other school the kids in American union public charter schools are scoring so far above.
The average for the state for public school children that there isn't even a word for these different techniques from the charters -- aren't.
You're an American Indian they -- some kids to tutor other we how our our students and we paid him.
They're exciting they're gonna make some money to davis' politically correct.
Yes.
-- -- -- You wherever.
He's been criticized for imposing strict rules you've got -- -- -- -- stick because they really want us to succeed.
A teacher made this student do -- in the hallway as -- didn't follow directions actually have to try hard when I hear.
-- Saturday school.
School -- how this much color there on patient who liked it and Healy at -- -- -- -- and the teachers were a lot in case there.
And he -- mean.
Meagher and yet no students been expelled since the school began in 2000.
No -- I -- fu moves.
I love the kids -- get in trouble.
Because you could take a key items that lack -- oh or gets in trouble.
And use them as an example it's roll your critics say we have a sixth grade student acts up in class he'll be set to sit on the floor.
In an eighth grade class.
Yes that's true an embarrassment keep people in line with -- we want admitted not even Q list -- Old school weekly gains in every PE here -- time -- running -- mean it's running around block you fire people can school.
It should be fired you fired teacher after one day she is incompetent.
You could tell and one day yeah she's incompetent last year iPod I think it -- a few times I'm not doing -- job it's over.
And that can happen at the drop.
That's not true at most government schools especially union well.
Union teachers are happy that they can't instant fired.
But these charter teachers can you can get K and in a -- It bother -- if I'm not doing my job.
Thursday and I was fired for that.
So -- it.
If I was a -- -- I wasn't good.
I mean I wouldn't have a job knowing the company right.
I would hope not.
You cannot maintain quality and -- you can hire people losses this charter founder.
It's as as many as we must -- as little as we can be fired more than ten.
In three schools and eight years yes.
But while bad teachers might get fired good teachers are given freedom.
They can choose their textbooks their teaching methods as long as they every quarter and every year make sure that students are learning what they need to learn at the end of that day.
In Harlem 43%.
Of eighth graders get passing grades and state math test.
100%.
Of her -- past -- if such charters who work where they're more of because unions and supporters of traditional schools he charters.
This protest occurred outside one of Eva Moskowitz is charters -- yeah.
I hope it's not personal but it -- this union boss doesn't want charters and what he calls his school over my dead body they're gonna -- does he.
