Thursday, September 25, 2014
Bad charter #2.
At first I wondered why Satan dba Teachers Union allowed the Spokane school board to approve charters at all. After hearing details of the first charter, I understood.
The first charter, Pride Prep, is blatantly and obviously Satanic. Its founder makes her evil purposes perfectly clear, provided you know how to read the jargon.
The second one, approved last night, is less obviously evil, but its purpose is at least dubious:
Spokane International Academy proposed a K-8 school. The school will have a strong internationally recognized curriculum; all students will learn English as well as a second language. The students also will partner with community organizations to give students service learning opportunities, according to the charter’s application. At the end of eighth grade, students will be taken on a teacher-led educational excursion. Franklin hopes to engage low-income children as well as the refugee population, he said.Pulling in refugees is good. Public schools in America were originally designed to assimilate the heavy load of Euro refugees in 1910. But this school appears to be aimed in the other direction. Disassimilate the refugees and train low-income Americans to be community organizers and internationalists. I don't see anything about job training or job readiness, which are the only proper justifications for a public school. Maybe it's there, but it's not in the announcement. ¶ 2:42 AM
