tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191988759715347962.post4598844972070696781..comments2024-02-21T04:11:17.898-08:00Comments on CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: New Mexico charter schoolsThe Perimeter Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191988759715347962.post-69014447565923950142010-08-05T15:29:34.769-07:002010-08-05T15:29:34.769-07:00It seems like this report created by New Mexico Pu...It seems like this report created by New Mexico Public Education Department [From the Executive Summary], is only intended to keep control over school funding resources-- New Mexico students educated by the New Mexico Public Education Department rank in the bottom 5%. <br />The New Mexico Public Education Department needs to stop picking on creative educators and if they want to put more money into instruction they should stop funding private industry research via New Mexico State University (like the millions that go to inventing a mechanized chile picker and genetically modified chile, that only the large corporations will profit from) and funnel those millions to class instruction and educating our young people.<br />Let the Charter Schools continue, although there may be some problems, they could not be worse than the public schools. Charter schools offer a venue for new and creative approaches to education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com