From Edushyster:
Researcher Joanne Golann says that no-excuses charters are teaching low-income students to defer to authority and hold back their opinions—the very skills they’ll need to succeed in college and life….” Read the full interview. Here’s an excerpt:
I found that in trying to prepare students for college, the school failed to teach students the skills and behaviors to help them succeed in college. In a tightly regulated (‘no excuses’ charter) environment, students learned to monitor themselves, hold back their opinions, and defer to authority. These are very different skills than the ones middle-class kids learn—to take initiative, be assertive, and negotiate with authority…
(‘No excuses’ charter) schools are emphasizing obedience because they need to create order to raise test scores and they see that as the way to social mobility…