Is very interesting to me because LeBron understands traditional Public schools are failing inner city Black kids. He was determined to keep it a Public school, but ironically it is run like many Private schools or Public charter schools independent of the restrictive rules and regulations that stifle traditional public education.
I hope it succeeds. It can be a model for other Government run schools. Ironically, it is Lebron's personal wealth that keep its doors open because Government funding is simply inadequate to keep all of it's promises to inner city kids. Still it's a good idea, and he deserves support for it even if he's a miserable Left-Wing Anti-Trump mal-content. I wonder how he'd feel if Trump and Education Secretary Betsy Devos invited him to come to Washington D.C. and pitch his pilot idea as a charter school option across America with full Federal funding?
Hmmmmm?
excerpt:
"Several reform-minded schools have carved similar paths for I Promise to follow. The Knowledge is Power Program, better known as KIPP, has created the nation’s largest network of charter schools by catering to marginalized students with longer class hours, increasing access to teachers, and a tough but accommodating schedule for students. Rocketship Public Schools, another non-profit charter program with schools in California, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Washington D.C., operates with a similarly non-traditional classroom...
...more
It’s still early, but reports from I Promise suggest the school will address Akron’s achievement gap by running similar reforms as other successful national programs. It does not go as far as KIPP or Rocketship in those charges, but it’s clear I Promise is designed to operate at a level beyond the typical public school by creating a more comprehensive experience for students, not just one that begins at 7 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m.
As far as Akron’s records are concerned, it’s (I promise) another neighborhood public school.
What are charter schools?
Charter schools are public schools run with greater local autonomy; they cannot reject children, and any bottleneck where more students enroll than there are seats available must be alleviated with a random lottery draw. They focus on a singular mission statement — their charter — which allows them to operate outside some of their district’s rules. This creates greater flexibility for these institutions, though it also often leads to lower funding and concerns over accountability.
That shows how badly James wanted his school to be a no-exceptions public school. I Promise could have helped students as a charter school with less local oversight and still served its community. It could have been a private school that enrolled Akron’s underserved students at no cost to them through the state’s low-income voucher program. In either case, the school would have operated as a separate entity from the school system in which James grew up"
Full article:
https://www.sbnation.com/2018/7/31/17634370/lebron-james-school-akron-i-promise-different
I hope it succeeds. It can be a model for other Government run schools. Ironically, it is Lebron's personal wealth that keep its doors open because Government funding is simply inadequate to keep all of it's promises to inner city kids. Still it's a good idea, and he deserves support for it even if he's a miserable Left-Wing Anti-Trump mal-content. I wonder how he'd feel if Trump and Education Secretary Betsy Devos invited him to come to Washington D.C. and pitch his pilot idea as a charter school option across America with full Federal funding?
Hmmmmm?
excerpt:
"Several reform-minded schools have carved similar paths for I Promise to follow. The Knowledge is Power Program, better known as KIPP, has created the nation’s largest network of charter schools by catering to marginalized students with longer class hours, increasing access to teachers, and a tough but accommodating schedule for students. Rocketship Public Schools, another non-profit charter program with schools in California, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Washington D.C., operates with a similarly non-traditional classroom...
...more
It’s still early, but reports from I Promise suggest the school will address Akron’s achievement gap by running similar reforms as other successful national programs. It does not go as far as KIPP or Rocketship in those charges, but it’s clear I Promise is designed to operate at a level beyond the typical public school by creating a more comprehensive experience for students, not just one that begins at 7 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m.
As far as Akron’s records are concerned, it’s (I promise) another neighborhood public school.
What are charter schools?
Charter schools are public schools run with greater local autonomy; they cannot reject children, and any bottleneck where more students enroll than there are seats available must be alleviated with a random lottery draw. They focus on a singular mission statement — their charter — which allows them to operate outside some of their district’s rules. This creates greater flexibility for these institutions, though it also often leads to lower funding and concerns over accountability.
That shows how badly James wanted his school to be a no-exceptions public school. I Promise could have helped students as a charter school with less local oversight and still served its community. It could have been a private school that enrolled Akron’s underserved students at no cost to them through the state’s low-income voucher program. In either case, the school would have operated as a separate entity from the school system in which James grew up"
Full article:
https://www.sbnation.com/2018/7/31/17634370/lebron-james-school-akron-i-promise-different
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