This is how the school choice movement went wrong: "Politicians, ideologues, so-called libertarians, and crooks attracted by profit motives, took over the charter school experiment. With no educational data, they decided that charter schools, regardless of whether they worked for children or not, whether they served America’s need for an educated populous or not, would become stand-alone schools that could be run with little accountability, certification, or even democratically elected boards. Now,our tax dollars are siphoned off to individuals, corporations, and companies that contract with charters to provide “services.” Is it any wonder that hedge fund operators & the self-appointed reformers see charter schools as income generators? Is it any wonder that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies cannot keep up with the criminal activities of those milking the system?" Read more