The purpose of the Charter Schools Program is to increase financial support for the startup and expansion of these public schools, build a better national understanding of the public charter school model [my underline-M.K.], and increase the number of high-quality public charter schools across the nation. (Ed.gov)Questions for Duncan:
1) Is there really such a thing as a "charter school model"? Never mind, I'll answer--uh uh.
2) Isn't the public already being flooded with propaganda, paid for by mega-foundations like Broad, Gates, and Walton, aimed at undercutting most major studies showing that charters, as a group (some great charter schools not withstanding), fail to outperform other public schools, as a group?
3) Is it really the role of the DOE to divert millions of badly-needed public ed dollars, to promote privately-managed charters over other public schools and to pit one "model" over the other without any basis in research?
I recently discovered the Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys, one more organization where members of the pro-charter school force can put their legal heads together to scheme about charter schools and overwhelm any opposition.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.charterschoolattorneys.com/
Says this parent (me), it's all been designed so we get them, whether or not we want them.