As you may know, many states permit the formation of charter schools, which are publicly funded but are not managed by the local school board and are exempt from many state regulations.
In addition, Charter schools are prone to scandal, as evidenced by a recent nationwide, FBI investigation.
Do you support or oppose the formation of charter schools?
Mercedes Schneider decided to analyze how the conservative journal “Ednext” gauges public opinion about one of its favorite reforms, charter schools.
She reviews the wording of the questions asked over several years.
She notes that Ednext never mentions charter school scandals, which are a hot topic in states like Michigan, Ohio, and Forida.
“There’s a lot of unregulated money to be made in “school choice”– so much so that the FBI is conducting investigations nationwide on criminal behavior rampant in America’s charter schools.
“That the gross negligence of states to regulate “choice” has yielded fertile ground for criminal activity appears to have escaped any survey question posed by EdNext.
“The hidden component of “choice” is the systematic dissolution of the traditional, local-school-board-run public school system. Indeed, EdNext is a corporate-reform-promoting nest that is especially fond of defunding traditional public education via under-regulated charter schools.”
She wonders about the wording of…
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