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Online Schools

by Sandi F.

Oct 1, 2012

Are the state's online schools considered to be charter schools? I want to be sure. Thank you.

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Online Teacher On 10/01/12, Sandi F. wrote: > Are the state's online schools considered to be charter > schools? I want to be sure. Thank you.

Yes - we are considered Charter Schools

Oct 2, 2012

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anon On 10/02/12, Online Teacher wrote: > On 10/01/12, Sandi F. wrote: >> Are the state's online schools considered to be charter >> schools? I want to be sure. Thank you. > > Yes - we are considered Charter Schools

Doesn't change the fact they are scams--just like regular charter schools.

They need to be shut dow...See More

Oct 2, 2012

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To Anon Hello Anon,

Just curious....do you have the same opinion about online colleges and universities?

On 10/02/12, anon wrote: > On 10/02/12, Online Teacher wrote: >> On 10/01/12, Sandi F. wrote: >>> Are the state's online schools considered to be charter >>> schools? I want to be sure. Thank you. >> &g...See More

Oct 3, 2012

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Online Teacher To Anon Spoken as a true, liberal, union-controlled educator who is told what to teach, how to teach it, and how to vote or else. The public school system has been consistently getting worse over the last twenty years due to teachers who find their motivation and their rest at night in trusting a union over their conviction and passion to educate children ...See MoreSpoken as a true, liberal, union-controlled educator who is told what to teach, how to teach it, and how to vote or else. The public school system has been consistently getting worse over the last twenty years due to teachers who find their motivation and their rest at night in trusting a union over their conviction and passion to educate children (look at Chicago where children should be learning but instead had their teachers walk out on them). Charter schools are the only real threat to their version of the "status quo" and therefore those like Anon distort the truth about funding, opportunities being given to underprivileged, education/certification requirements for charter teachers, etc. If my child was sick and I had the choice to take her to either a government-supported doctor who worked out of a nasty, old shady building with out-of-date medical procedures or to shell out whatever money was necessary, drive out of my way, and work extra hard to take her to a nice, new, state-of-the-art doctor who I know will treat us well, who do you think I'm going with? As a non-union supported, non-contract online charter school teacher, I can assure you that any K-12 Georgia student from any demographic who can get access to the internet (even via the library, coffee shop, hotel lobby...believe you me, we've seen it all) can attend free of charge (thanks to "public financing") and receive better education/more opportunity/more flexibility from fully certified teachers (most with upper level degrees) than they would in their local public school. I can't understand how that's a scam...

On 10/02/12, anon wrote: > On 10/02/12, Online Teacher wrote: >> On 10/01/12, Sandi F. wrote: >>> Are the state's online schools considered to be charter >>> schools? I want to be sure. Thank you. >> >> Yes - we are considered Charter Schools > > Doesn't change the fact they are scams--just like regular charter > schools. > > They need to be shut down or at least have public financing > removed.

Oct 3, 2012

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