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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's her handiwork in Detroit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/us/for-detroits-children-more-school-choice-but-not-better-schools.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/politics/betsy-devos-how-trumps-education-nominee-bent-detroit-to-her-will-on-charter-schools.html

Read it and weep.  Or puke.
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And conservative publications have a different view.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/442522/devos-and-detroits-charter-schools

Can you please link to the specific report and page you are referencing to back up your claims?[/quote]

NP to this sub-discussion. It's common knowledge among folks who have been following the privatization movement that DeVos has a train of failures behind her (as do virtually all advocates of charters and privatization). I don't think any amount of linking will convince you; in the end, you either believe facts or find alternative ones, and the link you posted suggests you're firmly in the second camp.[/quote]

Okay. All I know is my local public school has horrible ratings. Folks try hard, just doesn't seem to be working.  Some charters appear to provide a better education based on test scores.  Just want a good option for my kid that seems to be easily available to richer people.  Can't afford to move. Oh well, the discussions here are so black and white.

Where are the moderates?  [b]President Obama supports charters. [/b] Met one of his top officials once that attended a D.C. private school on a scholarship since he was in a similar spot with his D.C. neighborhood. He was a wonderful person.   Why is everything characterized as all good or all bad?

Does research back the lack of nuance in these discussions?  
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Obama was wrong on charters, as was his secretary of education Duncan. If you really are interested in this, go read some books by Diane Ravitch. [url=https://www.amazon.com/Reign-Error-Privatization-Movement-Americas/dp/0345806352][b]Reign of Error[/b][/url] is a modern classic in the field. The privatization movement is heavily supported by both Democrats and Republicans, which is part of what makes it so difficult to stop. And yes, the research not funded by testing companies is pretty unanimous about the corruption and ineffectiveness of charters and the actual issues facing public schools. [/quote]

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