[lbo-talk] Recipe for "privatizing" schools

[wrobert at uci.edu]

If I remember correctly, charters tend to not to do as well as public
schools in most areas...  Interestingly, the former administration
supported both charters and the testing regimes which have introduced a
particularly unproductive homogeneity to the public school system.  robert
wood


> Woj writes:
>
> "For that reason, I am really "on the fence" on this issue.  On the one
> hand,
> I think that the  one-size-fits-all philosophy behind public education
> sucks, and charter schools do offer an antidote to it.  Otoh, I do support
> teachers and thier unions, and I think charter schools would be very
> detrimental to both."
>
> One size fits all? You think public schools in Palo Alto and East Palo
> Alto are the same?
> You think charters will change that?
>
> Charters mean the complete destruction of the teaching profession. It's
> not just that already low salaries will get lower and that teachers will
> lose their unions, benefits, rights etc., it's also that the profession
> will become de-skilled as the professional curriculum developers and test
> makers create educational content and rake in the bucks. The charters in
> the wealthier areas of town will be a bit better, and the rich will
> continue to send their kids to private schools. But overall, this is a
> disaster.
>
> Joanna
>
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