Subject: Carol Burris: The Broken Promises and Scams of the Cha

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Carol Burris: The Broken Promises and Scams of the Charter Industry

by dianeravitch

Carol Burris notes inthis article that the NAACP passed a resolution last year demanding a moratorium on new charters until charters cleaned up their actions and policies.

Instead of doing some self-examination and trying to right what was wrong, the charter apologists attacked the NAACP.

Burris reviews some of the notable charter scams and corruption in the past year or so.

Back in the 1990s, when I was a Charter fan, I believed that charters would cost less money (no bureaucracy), but now they demand the same funding as public schools. The slogan of the day was that charters would get autonomy in exchange for accountability.

Now we know, 25 years later, that charters want autonomy with no accountability.

That's a bad deal for students, teachers, and taxpayers. It does not produce better education. It robs public schools of resources. We are re-creating a dual school system. This is not Reform. It is a massive scam.