Basis Educational Group Explained

BASIS Educational Group, LLC
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BASIS Educational Group. LLC, styled BASIS.ed, is a for-profit education management organization based in Scottsdale, Arizona. It serves primarily Basis Charter Schools, a non-profit charter management organization with offices in the same complex.

The BASIS Charter School network is organized by the regions in which the schools operate: BASIS Charter Schools, Inc, BTX Schools, Inc (Texas), BASIS D.C. (Washington D.C.), and BASIS Baton Rouge (Louisiana). In 2021, BASIS Charter Schools' 31 campuses enrolled 29,000 students. In 2018, BASIS Charter Schools claimed 29 schools and 17,000 students, which matches publicly available enrollment numbers from BASIS Charter Schools. In 2015, BASIS Charter Schools enrolled 12,014 students.^[1]

BASIS Independent School locations

BASIS Independent Schools are private, tuition-based schools owned by Spring Education Group and using the BASIS Curriculum.

New York

• BASIS Independent Brooklyn, Pre-K-Grade 12
• BASIS Independent Manhattan, Pre-K-Grade 12

Arizona

• BASIS Ahwatukee, Grade 4-12
• BASIS Chandler Primary North, Grade K-4
• BASIS Chandler Primary South, Grade K-4
• BASIS Chandler, Grade 5-12
• BASIS Goodyear Primary, Grade K-5
• BASIS Goodyear, Grade 6-12
• BASIS Phoenix Primary, Grade K-5
• BASIS Phoenix South, Grade K-9
• BASIS Phoenix, Grade 6-12
• BASIS Phoenix Central, Grade K-5
• BASIS Goodyear, Grade 6-12
• BASIS Mesa, Grade K-12
• BASIS Peoria Primary, Grade K-4
• BASIS Peoria, Grade 5-12
• BASIS Scottsdale Primary East, Grade K-4
• BASIS Scottsdale Primary West, Grade K-4
• BASIS Scottsdale, Grade 5-12
• BASIS Flagstaff, Grade K-12
• BASIS Prescott, Grade K-12
• BASIS Tucson Primary, Grade K-4
• BASIS Tucson North, Grade 5-12
• BASIS Oro Valley Primary, Grade K-5
• BASIS Oro Valley, Grade 6-12 (The Best BASIS)

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

Washington

• BASIS Independent Bellevue, Grade 3-Grade 8

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)
• BASIS International School Nanjing (Nanjing, China)
• BASIS Bilingual School Shenzhen (Shenzhen, China)
• BASIS International school Chengdu （Chengdu，China）
• BASIS International school Wuhan （Wuhan，China）

Thailand

• BASIS International School Bangkok (opening scheduled September 2019)^[2]

Controversy

Critics observe that the relationship between BASIS Educational Group and BASIS Charter Schools is not arms-length. As a result, there is little financial transparency.^[3] An investigative article in 2010, when there were three schools in the network, rather than the 29 schools operating in the 2020-21 academic year, compared the founders' salary 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 great test scores in part by weeding out underperforming students, which is illegal. BASIS has denied this and notes that it cannot legally "weed out" students at a public school—and there is no proof of such action.^{[5] [6] [7]}

In 2013, the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board rejected a request to expand, citing concerns about the high number of students who had withdrawn from the school since it opened.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Woodworth. James L. Charter Management Organizations 2017. Center for Research on Education Outcomes. 23 January 2018. 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180117200122/http://credo.stanford.edu/pdfs/CMO%20FINAL.pdf. 17 January 2018. dead.
2. Web site: BASIS brings its international school to Bangkok . The Nation . 20 November 2018. January 2017.
3. Web site: Charter transparency . Azcentral.com . 2012-12-17.
4. Web site: Basis School Execs Salaries Rose Fast. Azcentral.com . 2013-10-20.
5. Web site: conservatives on BASIS print the legend . blogforarizona.com . 2013-04-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130501003341/http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2013/04/conservatives-on-basis-charter-print-the-legend.html . 2013-05-01 .
6. Web site: BASIS and University High are Top U.S. High Schools, which means...?. tucsonweekly.com . 2014-05-19.
7. Web site: Success by Attrition. blogforarizona.com. 2014-06-22.
8. Web site: Brown . Emma . D.C. charter school board rejects request from BASIS to expand . . 23 February 2023 . 16 April 2013.