tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post2819204449238389234..comments2023-10-31T07:43:37.520-04:00Comments on NJ Left Behind: Paging Charter School Fact-Checker, PleaseNJ Left Behindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739701636089453850noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-6449223769742256582011-07-10T16:08:24.309-04:002011-07-10T16:08:24.309-04:00Third, the question that Rutgers asked in their po...Third, the question that Rutgers asked in their poll about local approval of charters is available on the pdf of poll results that you posted on your blog. If you have any problems with the wording, I suggest you take it up with Rutgers Eagleton, an incredibly high-quality and trusted pollster.<br /><br />Fourth, that same pdf indicated that the poll’s sample size of 399 people meant that there was a margin of error of 4.9 percent, meaning that ”95 percent of the time the results will be within 4.9 percentage points of the results we would achieve if we could survey every NJ adult.” The poll also found that the very high level of support for the local approval requirement was consistent for every demographic group, meaning that the results are not a function of the composition of the sample.<br /><br />More critically, your attack of the poll is inconsistent with your concern that the local control requirement would preclude new charter schools from being approved. If you believe the poll is wrong and that charter schools are desperately wanted by the voters, why worry about the local approval requirement shutting down new charter schools? On the other hand, if you believe that charter schools are unpopular with NJ voters, why question the poll? You can’t have it both ways.<br /><br />As I have written previously, Save Our Schools NJ would be happy to discuss our policy positions with you. In fact, we would be happy to come to your next school board meeting in order to do so or to a special forum set up for that purpose. What we will not accept, however, are the dishonest and disingenuous attacks that you have launched against us via this blog. Such behavior throws into question your qualifications for posting on a public blog and for holding a position on a local school board.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094617130774541174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-90714617243956082982011-07-10T12:58:11.268-04:002011-07-10T12:58:11.268-04:00Laura,
I think you are the one who needs a fact c...Laura,<br /><br />I think you are the one who needs a fact checker, as Darcie and others have repeatedly pointed out. The increasingly strident tone of your comments and the lack of accuracy in those comments make any intelligent discussion of the issues very challenging.<br /><br />First, your repeated attempts to link Save Our Schools NJ to the National Education Association, in order to make us appear to be a front for the unions vs. a grassroots group of parents, are both dishonest and disingenuous. As I wrote the first time you trotted out this lie, Save Our Schools does not receive funding from any organization. We are a completely grassroots, all volunteer group that began in a suburban living room last summer. If you have some evidence that links us to any organized sponsors, by all means bring it on. In the meantime, please stop using this underhanded means of attack and stick to the facts.<br /><br />Second, the exact quote from Mr. Braun's article was "New Jersey is the only state in the country that sets no limits on the number of new charter schools, leaves local communities completely out of the decision-making process regarding which new charter schools get authorized, and yet expects the funding for those schools to come out of local public school budgets.’’ The point is not that we are the only state to do any one of those three things, but that we are the only state to do all three, which enables an unlimited number of new charter schools to be approved against local community wishes while expecting those local communities to pay for the schools' operations.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094617130774541174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-74434458311234960422011-07-10T12:54:53.058-04:002011-07-10T12:54:53.058-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094617130774541174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-60048549335477907742011-07-09T21:27:01.986-04:002011-07-09T21:27:01.986-04:00While we're fact checking, what special electi...While we're fact checking, what special election are you talking about? A 3852 calls for a proposed charter to be voted upon at the annual school election, not a special election. This fact is easily accessible in the synopsis of the bill which you have linked to from your blog. <br /><br />You seem most distressed about this bill, yet this is the second time I have had to correct you on it's details. The first time your entire post was written based on a misrepresentation of how the bill would effect communities like Camden. Perhaps you should read the entire bill <br />through before you blog about it again or disparage those of us that support it.Mother Crusaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05282456501033994143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618709929318397424.post-50517223387829923092011-07-07T14:22:41.546-04:002011-07-07T14:22:41.546-04:00"Braun’s description of the various bills ass..."Braun’s description of the various bills associated with school choice as “the school privatization wars” is either deliberately obtuse or just plain ignorant. Charter schools, for anyone who’s counting, are public schools..."<br /><br />As if the public is demanding Hebrew and Mandarin immersion?!<br /><br />P.S. Did anybody catch Tom Kean Jr. on NJTV last night bloviating about teacher evaluations. Unbelievable!kallikakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13030316064310826943noreply@blogger.com