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See Original Content on OpEdNews in article titled "Study Says State Takeover of Low-Performing Schools in Tennessee Failed; by Diane Ravitch"

For a real eye-opener, to help you grasp the truth about ORWELLIAN "CHOICE", HERE is the link to The Diane Ravitch search field on CHARTER SCHOOLS; see my series , and in case you missed these links to posts which I gathered for you, on the enormous fraud of failing charter schools, being perpetrated by DeVos and the privateers like the Waltons,here they are again, below!

Go! TRUST ME, you will be stunned! and BTW: With almost SIXTEEN THOUSAND SEPARATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN 52 STATES, they can get away with handing over the schools to the legislators, with not an educator on board...

*ARTHUR CAMINS explains the fraud of school choice, the same wolf in sheep's clothing.

* Thomas Ultican writes that it is time to give up on the failed charter experiment.He reviews Carol Burris' Charters and Consequences.

* Stephen Dyer, a fellow with Innovation Ohio and former legislator, explains how the charter funding system in Ohio takes money away from students who are not in charters.

* ANDdrea Gabor writes here about the dark money campaign to persuade voters in Massachusetts to lift the cap on charter schools last November. The dark money came pouring in, but suffered a crushing defeat when voters weighed in.

* Los Angeles: Charter-Controlled School Board Eases Rules for Charters

*Laura Chapman on the Failure of Charter Oversight in Ohio

AND THE SCANDALS:

* The founder of a group of prominent charter schools admitted to stealing millions of dollars and lying to the FBI.

*Arizona: Is This the Worst Charter Scandal Ever?

Finally, let me end with this: Carole Marshall is a retired high school teacher in RI frustrated by the Providence Journal's relentless cheerleading for charter schools. When she complained, she was told that as a retired teacher with a pension, she has a vested interest and lacked standing to comment. After much back and forth with an editor, she finally got her letter published. It turns out that the charter school beloved by the newspaper has entrance requirements. Guess what? The school gets higher scores because students with low scores are not admitted!

New National Map Shows That Education Privatizers Have Burrowed into Almost All 50 States

In 52 states dark money is changing what our children know about everything.

The privatization movement is working!!!

Our schools are under attackand the people need to watch what is happening. The demolition of Americna education is taking out our schools state by state-- but "Over the past three decades, public schools have been the target of a systematic assault and takeover by corporations and private foundations. The endeavor is called "school reform" by its advocates, while critics call it corporate school 'reform!' "

Pure Orwellian!