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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I agree about 90 percent with the previous post, the fact is where I live -- Baltimore City -- it feels like anyone offering choices and alternatives is a godsend. Not all the charters are good. But the fact is that the "opportunity" offered by some of the neighborhood schools isn't exactly what I'd write a national anthem about. I am very appreciative for what the staff in these schools is trying to do, but I don't blame people one second for trying to find alternatives.

I like the idea of charters,  provided there is sufficient oversight.

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You're in Baltimore City.[/quote]

Well, yes. But there are plenty of places like Baltimore. Why base a nationnwide policy position on a subset of schools?[/quote]

If you want to see how DeVos's policies work out for a place like Baltimore City, look at Detroit Public Schools.  They have been under emergency manager leadership since 2009 are are significantly worse than when the GOP took over the schools.  DPS has been forced to pay out millions to private contractors but the schools continue to fail, even as charters suck resources and kids out of the system.

Detroit was the DeVos testing ground, and they've allowed the schools to degrade to the point that teachers staged a walk out last year over black mold, raw sewage in the halls, and an unsafe work environment.

No one should kid themselves that "school choice" is going to be good for poor kids.  It's going to make things substantially worse. [/quote]

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