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I've often wondered about the effectiveness of donations to supplemental after school/summer time tutoring/coaching in under-performing school districts [1][2] versus donations to full time, private charter schools such as this one.

It seems supplemental after school/summer time solutions would build on the existing public school system and fill in the gap between 3pm-6pm and during summer where they are likely to be less supervised. It'd also be more scale-able to more children. I also imagine it also would produce less angst among public school teacher unions as its more supplemental to them versus replacing them.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_Education_Found...

[2] https://svefoundation.org/get-involved/events/annual-dinner/



This is not a charter school or private school, it is a public school that received additional money on top of its usual funding from Lebron James.


Thanks - missed that - I guess I must have skimmed the article too fast. In that case, this is a great example of a very full featured supplemental program versus the replacement program.




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