hayden road suite c 240 scottsdale az 85258 information type education management opened 8am closed 5pm grades k 12 website http www.basisschools.org basis charter schools are a group of charter independent and international schools in the united states . basis.ed provides education management services to the 24 basis.ed schools . 1 contents 1 history 2 praise and media attention 3 criticisms and controversies 4 basis charter school locations 5 basis independent schools 6 references 7 external links history edit the first basis charter school was founded in tucson in 1998 by michael block ph.d. and olga block ph.d. they decided to open a school that would educate students at an internationally competitive level . in 2003 basis scottsdale was opened . in 2010 basis oro valley was founded . a year later basis opened three schools at once in chandler peoria and flagstaff . 2 basis continued its expansion by opening another school in tucson and one in phoenix proper in fall 2012 along with their first non arizona school located in washington d.c. in 2013 basis opened their tenth and eleventh arizona campuses in ahwatukee and mesa and the second non arizona campus was added in san antonio texas . basis also began its primary k 4 program at their basis tucson site . basis opened its first private schools basis independent silicon valley and basis independent brooklyn in 2014 . 3 in 2015 basis opened its 16th arizona school in goodyear az . 3 praise and media attention edit u.s. news & world report rated both basis tucson and basis scottsdale the only two basis schools open long enough to be eligible for rankings as two of the top five schools in the nation . 4 basis was also featured in the documentary film 2 million minutes a 21st century solution . the film contrasts charter school s curriculum with a typical public school curriculum . 5 in the wake of the documentary s success newt gingrich and al sharpton visited basis campus to deliver speeches on the importance of education in america . 6 7 8 9 criticisms and controversies edit both basis schools and their parent organization have been the subject of criticism and controversy . critics contend that basis is failing to provide adequate financial transparency and accountability as it uses for profit management company . 10 another investigative article in 2010 questioned the founders salary compared to the teachers and other public school administrators . 11 other critics take issue with basis s accelerated curriculum and general educational philosophy . some argue that basis focuses too much on standardized testing . 12 critics also point out that basis s performance in national ranking systems like the u.s. news & world report is largely a function of basis s singular focus on mandatory ap testing as these ranking systems give great weight to the percentage of students at a school that take ap tests . 13 critics also take issue with basis s attrition rates senior classes are typically a third to a quarter of the size of the fifth grade class and argue that basis achieves good test scores in part by weeding out underperforming students . 14 15 16 in 2013 the d.c. charter school board rejected a request from basis dc to expand citing concerns about the high number of students who had withdrawn from the school since it opened . 17 basis charter school locations edit basis schools inc. is an arizonan charter school operator that operates sixteen schools in arizona texas and the district of columbia.basis schools inc basis.ed provides education management services to the schools operated by basis schools inc. ; bdc a public charter school inc. ; btx schools inc. and basis independent schools llc . basis schools in arizona ahwatukee chandler flagstaff goodyear mesa oro valley peoria phoenix prescott scottsdale and tucson . basis schools in texas san antonio medical center and basis san antonio north central . basis washington d.c. basis independent schools edit basis independent silicon valley in san jose ca 18 basis independent brooklyn in brooklyn ny 19 basis independent mclean in mclean va opened fall 2016 19 basis independent fremont in fremont ca opened fall 2016 20 basis independent manhattan in manhattan ny opening fall 2017 19 references edit http basised.com basis applies to become k 12 school . arizona daily sun december 09 2014 michelle mcmanimon a b basis schools basis schools . best high school rankings . www.usnews.com . 2013 04 24 . retrieved 2013 04 29 . cavanagh sean . two million minutes in a couple paragraphs curriculum matters education week . blogs.edweek.org . retrieved 2012 06 11 . blogs school grounds sharpton and gingrich visiting basis . azcentral.com . retrieved 2012 06 11 . http www.azfamily.com news scottsdale school wins international recognition 274832381.html basis chandler ranks among world s best in international test . east valley tribune . early prep earns basis scottsdale best az high school raising arizona kids magazine . charter transparency . azcentral.com . retrieved 2012 12 17 . basis school execs salaries rose fast . azcentral.com . retrieved 2013 10 20 . 13 ways high stakes standardized tests hurt students . washingtonpost.com . retrieved 2014 05 19 . us news best schools ranking system . usnews.com . retrieved 2014 05 19 . conservatives on basis print the legend . blogforarizona.com . 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 . salian isha . new science and math school fills silicon valley demand for better stem education . peninsual press . retrieved 8 may 2016 . a b c http www.basisindependent.com donato weinstein nathan . lauded private school plans second silicon valley location . silicon valley business journal . retrieved 8 may 2016 . external links edit official website of basis charter schools retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title basis schools & oldid 740535209 categories charter schools in arizonaeducational institutions established in 19881988 establishments in arizonaeducation in scottsdale arizonaeducation in tucson arizonaeducation in chandler arizonaeducation in pima county arizonaeducation in phoenix arizonaeducation in peoria arizona navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 17 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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