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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You didn't get the memo, PP.  The purpose of public education -- especially charter school -- is to close the achievement gap.   [/quote]

The purpose of public education is to educate students -- all students. Closing the achievement gap is an ideal for [b]SOME[/b] charter schools. [/quote]

[b]The original intent for all charter schools in the District of Columbia was to close the achievement gap.[/b] Now, it's just a free-fall for all who choose to venture into the PCS arena. [/quote]

1.  No, there were multiple intended benefits, of which closing the achievement gap was one.

2.  No, it's not a free-for-all.  It's been well-documented [b](even by the left-oriented Washington Post)[/b] that in Washington DC, charters do a superior job of educating lower-income and minority students in all subjects tested.[/quote]

Haha. The Post editorial board (which is now divorced from Pearson but I believe has largely the same composition) includes the biggest public-school bashers and Rhee-boosters in the country. JoAnne Armao never met an inner city school she didn't want to charterize.
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