Education advocates in Dallas today released information about two charter schools proposed for the Dallas area that raise concerns about the education and fiscal impact the schools would have on students at Dallas ISD.
Advocates also raised specific issues about the proposed new campuses including:
Waxahachie Faith Family Academy (FFA) – an alternative education accountability campus (AEA) with significantly lower accountability standards than most Dallas ISD schools and the district.
For example, 4th graders at FFA scored significantly lower that 4th grade students at a Dallas Elementary school that is only 2.2 miles (4 minutes) from the FFA campus but has similar student demographics:
– 27% on state tests for reading (23 points lower) and 26% for math (32 points lower) than the Dallas ISD elementary school.
The expansion of Uplift Wisdom Prep at 301 W. Camp Wisdom Road is located 1.4 miles ( 5 minutes) from B rated DISD campus Umphrey Lee Elementary School, 0.4 miles (1 minute) from DISD’s Terry Elementary School (C rated), and 2.7 miles from DISD’s David W. Carter High School.
FFA is an alternative education accountability school with lower accountability standards than most Dallas ISD schools and serves students at risk of dropping out.
