In my last blog/article, I invited answers to 5 questions concerning EPIC Virtual Charter Schools. To this date, we've received no answers - but one response. The response reminded me of the "politician shuffle" seen here in a Cheers episode, where the politician eventually became indignant that a question would even be asked.
At the risk of receiving another shuffle or sidestep, I'll pose one more question for any EPIC official:
1) For the vast majority of traditional public schools, the correlation between graduation rates and attendance rates (chronic absenteeism) is positively high. For instance, a traditional public school with a graduation rate of 90% will have an attendance rate of very nearly the same. In other words, as students increase attendance - student graduation rates and achievement also increases. EPIC Virtual Charter Schools, however, are just the opposite. While graduation rates of privately run virtual schools hover between 25% and 45%, they boast student attendance rates of between 98% and 100%. How do you explain this? Please, no shuffles or sidesteps...
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