tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post1998429929942129168..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools: The New NCAA Farm System?Dukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-41713349036899648272013-02-04T05:27:57.071-08:002013-02-04T05:27:57.071-08:00I find it ironic to say the least that there is an...I find it ironic to say the least that there is an advertisement for a charter school network, "Success Academy Charter Schools" on this site. I get that you need to sell ads to pay for the site, but I would think that you could be more selective with regards to whom you sell your ad space.<br /><br />That said, this seems like much ado about nothing. I think that it is fine that there are sports in our public schools, but in far too many schools, they have become an outsized element in the larger culture of these learning environments, which produces a significant amount of the bullying.<br /><br />It is great that sports have had such a positive impact on the lives of your sons, JJ, but I am willing to bet that it was you, far more than sports and they would have been as good if not even better if they had joined the chess, drama, or glee clubs at their school. If anything, it was probably your model that prevented sports from having the negative influence that they have on so many lives.<br /><br />Part of me wonders if sports might be less of a problem in our traditional schools if the best athletes were recruited into charter schools for dumb jocks, which would hopefully downsize their presence within traditional schools, reducing their power within a school's culture.<br /><br />Rutgers used to have a much more rigorous academic environment before it became a football powerhouse. Colleges with strong athletic programs usually have more omnipresent fraternity and sorority systems, which tend to make the social environment much more exclusive rather than inclusive. For the same reasons that basketball and football should be fed by professional minor leagues instead of the NCAA, which has turned far too many schools into athletic rather than academic incubators, competitive sports should play less rather than more of a role in our public schools and if charter schools can play a role in getting rid of the best athletes/biggest bullies, then more power to them.Bertin Lefkovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222712276597608506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-9735816820223531652013-02-03T11:02:32.483-08:002013-02-03T11:02:32.483-08:00I might be missing something here but who is payin...I might be missing something here but who is paying to bus these children to their sports activities? In fact who is paying to bus them to these charter schools? We don't have them here in my town yet, not that they haven't tried but I know buses, bus upkeep, gas and drivers all cost money, where is this money coming from, the public school's bottom line or the charter school's?cmooretechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447078076991232738noreply@blogger.com