Hi union shill (PS, I'm not anti union. I am against derailing every thread with oligarchical shrieking.) |
Hi Charter shill! (PS, I'm not anti-charter or a teacher, I just wish people would stop pretending that charters are these ethically perfect constructs. |
Where and when did someone assert that charters were an ethically perfect construct? |
PP and others seem to equate 'non-profit' with something noble where nobody makes any money. That's just not the case. |
And nobody working in DCPS, or contracting with DCPS, is making money. Everyone is only doing things for the children and takes a vow of poverty. |
Which vendors? |
There's nothing wrong with making money. Capitalism - yay! But there is a problem in the charter industry with self-dealing using public money. People try stuff like that in public institutions, but there are regulations, public information, and oversight that the charters don't have. In fact, the charter lobbying groups fight very hard to keep that type of information out of the public. |
Every DC charter contract over $25,000 must be disclosed to the DCPCSB. They are also required to bid them out. DC performs greater fiscal and academic oversight over its charters than any other jurisdiction. It isn't perfect, but you really should tailor your boiletplate anti-charter talking points to fit the DC situation. |