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[b]Who is saying that charters, as a whole, do a better job than public schools, as a whole?[/b]

The main claim, the thing that really matters, is that the good charters do a better job than the bad public schools. Which is why over 40% of parents in DC fight their way out of their neighborhood schools into charters.

But it's just stupid to compare Mundo Verde with Janney. The real comparison is between Mundo Verde and, say, Hendley.[/quote]

The "competition is the key for good schools" people.[/quote]

You haven't understood what I said. What those folks want, via charters, is better alternatives for the FAILING public schools. You prefer kids to keep going to horrible schools, where they learn little?

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There's a "when did you stop kicking your dog?" question.

Nobody wants failing public schools except for the people who think that there should be no such thing as public schools (many of whom support charter schools as the first step to dismantling the public education system). The question is, how to not have failing public schools? There's no easy or cheap answer for this, but I'm certain that the answer is NOT -- allow everybody who can bail out to bail out to the charter system and then leave the regular public schools for the people who can't bail out.[/quote]

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