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9 Compelling Reasons To Enroll Your Child at Method Schools For 2023-24

on July 27, 2023 | By Jade Fernandez
Parents are the greatest influencers in the lives of their children, responsible for laying the foundation that paves the way for their children's future. Considering how important education is, parents should be careful in choosing the kind of schooling their children will receive. Gone are the days where a student enrolled at the school most geographically aligned to their home address. Parents, and their students, have choices now. School choice is here to stay, and that means more options for a tuition-free personalized learning experience for each and every student. Method Schools is an exceptional option (if I do say so myself) that embodies innovation, progress, and multidimensional learning. In this blog post, we’ll share the top 9 reasons why enrolling your child at Method schools will be a wise decision.
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School Choice

Embracing Educational Freedom: Utilizing School Choice For Your Child's Success

on May 30, 2023 | By Dr. Jessica Spallino
School choice has been a controversial issue in California public education nearly since the inception of charter schools in 1992. Throughout the years, the debate surrounding school choice has intensified, as various stakeholders vie for influence over the direction of the state's educational system. In this context, school choice has become an arena for competing interests and ideologies. Sadly, like so many other critical topics, school choice has become politicized - at the expense of students. But there is hope - lots of it - thanks to students and their loved ones who continue to demand a more personalized school experience.
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School Choice

Charter Schools Offer Families Choice, Access, And Equity

on February 24, 2023 | By Sarah Delawder
As a former traditional public school student, teacher, administrator, and parent, I have spent the last thirty years supporting brick and mortar, traditional public school districts. As a progressive, School Choice was a four-letter word. Due to the political narrative surrounding the charter system and school choice, I saw the concept of school choice as a way for parents, afraid of what their children might learn in public school, to sequester them into a setting that met their specific political, ethical, or religious expectations. I understood school choice to mean using public funds to send students to private schools. Adding to this anti-charter bias were the many examples of fraud and misappropriation in the charter arena. What I realized after doing a little inquiry of my own in the last few years, is the reality that [good] charter schools offer some of the most important things to a family – CHOICE, ACCESS and EQUITY.
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School Choice

Thanks to Supporters of School Choice Like You, California AB 1316 is Dead

on June 3, 2021 | By Mark Holley
As noted earlier, California Assembly Bill 1316 (AB 1316) would have had a tremendously negative impact on charter school students in our state, including our own Method students and families. But thanks to thousands of California families and organizations who believe parents should have a say in where their child attends school, AB 1316 is dead.
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School Choice

Statement on California Assembly Bill 1316

on April 26, 2021 | By Mark Holley
California Assembly Bill 1316 (AB 1316) will have a tremendously negative impact on charter school students in our state, including our own Method students and families. In recent years, various bills have been introduced and passed that have severely impacted and limited our ability to serve students. AB 1316 is undoubtedly the biggest attack on charter schools - and school choice for families - since the inception of charter schools through the Charter Schools Act of 1992. Assembly Bill 1316 further entrenches the "education based on zip code, not by choice" mentality in California. It also perpetuates harmful myths about charter schools - and particularly non-classroom based schools.
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School Choice

District v Charter: Two Solutions For California's Public School Turf Wars

on November 12, 2019 | By Mark Holley
Now that some of the dust has settled on the worst California legislative session imaginable for school choice proponents, maybe it's time to talk actual solutions rather than bills that put politics first and hurt students by eliminating options and educational freedom. I spent 14 years at a school district, mainly in a business capacity. I started in the district warehouse, graduated from college, and moved up into the finance department. Graduated again, moved up to a better position in the finance department. My educational background is actually in marketing, and during this time I moonlighted as a marketing consultant for mostly education clients but also a pizza restaurant, where, yes, I was paid in free pizza and the best board room imaginable to meet with clients at night and sometimes on weekends. Best client ever, by the way. Thanks always to my buddy from Boston Nicola DellaCioppa!
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Why We Need School Choice

on October 14, 2019 | By Dr. Jessica Spallino
Your child’s education is likely one of your top priorities as a parent. But unfortunately, the amount of control you have over your child’s education can largely depend on where you live. Traditionally, where you send your child to school is dictated by schools assigned to you based on the neighborhood boundaries you live within. Where school district lines are drawn can divide communities in half, and where your home is located can determine the quality of education your child receives. Even if you live right on the border of a school district, you may be forced to send your child to an undesirable school. Even worse, your child's grades may start to suffer because they are not receiving the care and attention they need.
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Online Learning

Even in Virtual Schools, Teachers Make the Difference

on October 3, 2019 | By Mark Holley
I'm not a teacher. I've never been a teacher. But this is my 20th year in K-12 education in finance, marketing, and product development, and I've had some thoughts lately about how education has changed in my time and what it will look like in the near future. While there have been some changes to how students are taught in recent years, schools operate in relatively the same way as 100 years ago. But change is accelerating due to the proliferation of school choice, online learning, and other technology advances.
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Innovation

The Time Is Now For Fair Charter School Authorizing Reform In California

on August 19, 2019 | By Dr. Jessica Spallino
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Small Class Sizes

Back to the Roots of Independent Study Public Charter Schools

on July 23, 2019 | By Dr. Jessica Spallino
I've worked in the independent study public charter school space since 1999 back when they were far more utilitarian than they have become today. There were no funds for families to spend, no selecting and purchasing preferred curriculum, and no desire for freedom from the requirement to demonstrate work completed and academic progress.
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