Basis Educational Group
| Industry | for-profit education |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Tucson, Arizona |
| Website | www |
Basis Educational Group, styled BASIS.ed, is a for-profit education management organization based in Tucson, Arizona. It serves primarily Basis Schools, a non-profit charter management organization with offices in the same complex.
Basis comprises various companies organized by the regions in which the schools operate: Basis Schools, Inc., BTX Schools, Inc., Basis Washington D.C. (Washington D.C.), and Basis Baton Rouge (Louisiana). In 2018, the company claims twenty-five schools and 17,000 students, which matches publicly available enrollment numbers from Basis Schools. In 2015, Basis Schools had enrolled 12,014 students.[1]: 84
Basis Independent School locations
Basis Independent Schools are private, tuition-based schools using the Basis curriculum, owned by Spring Education Group.
New York
- Basis Independent Brooklyn, Pre-K-Grade 12
- Basis Independent Manhattan, Pre-K-Grade 12
California
- Basis Independent Silicon Valley, Grades 5-12 (San Jose, California)
- Basis Independent Fremont, TK-Grade 12
Virginia
- Basis Independent McLean, Age 2-Grade 12
Basis International School locations
China
- Basis International School Shenzhen Shenzhen, China)
- Basis International School Guangzhou Guangzhou, China）
- Basis International School Park Lane Harbour（Huizhou, China）
- Basis International school Hangzhou (Hangzhou, China)
Thailand
- Basis International School Bangkok (opening scheduled September 2019)[2]
Controversy
Critics observe that the relation between Basis Educational Group and Basis Schools is not arms-length. As a result, there is little financial transparency.[3] An investigative article in 2010 compared the founders' salary compared to the teachers and other public school administrators.[4]
The schools have suffered high attrition rates (senior classes are typically a third to a quarter of the size of the fifth grade class). Critics argue that Basis achieves good test scores in part by weeding out underperforming students.[5][6][7]
In 2013, a request to expand was rejected by the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board, which cited concerns about the high number of students who had withdrawn from the school since it opened.[8]
References
- ^ Woodworth, James L (2017). "Charter Management Organizations 2017" (PDF). Center for Research on Education Outcomes. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "BASIS brings its international school to Bangkok". The Nation. January 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Charter transparency". Azcentral.com. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
- ^ "Basis School Execs Salaries Rose Fast". Azcentral.com. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
- ^ "conservatives on BASIS print the legend". blogforarizona.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ "BASIS and University High are Top U.S. High Schools, which means...?". tucsonweekly.com. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
- ^ "Success by Attrition". blogforarizona.com. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ^ "DC charter board rejects request from Basis to expand". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-06-24.