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[quote=Anonymous]Original 15:22 poster here, and after this I'm going to check out of this conversation because there is only so many times I can make my point.

I am not and have not advocated against charter schools.  Heck, I might even send my kid to a charter school myself some time.  I agree with those who say charter schools give families who would otherwise have to move a chance at a decent education.

But those benefits come with a system-wide cost.   Non-neighborhood charter schools makes it all-but impossible for terrible neighborhood schools to improve, and makes it harder for middling schools to improve because they strip many good, dedicated parents away.  from the perspective of the kids left behind in terrible schools because their parents are incapable of getting them out, that enacts a very heavy price.

I'm done now, but let me clarify a final time before I go:  I am not advocating against charter schools or criticizing parents who choose them.  I am saying we need to figure out a way to solve the secondary, system-wide problems that are not addressed, and indeed, are exacerbated by, these schools.

Over and out.[/quote]

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