[lbo-talk] Recipe for "privatizing" schools

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Nov 10 08:52:41 PST 2009


On Nov 10, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote:


> Doug writes:
>
>> I saw a study a while back that tried to correct for the
>> selection bias, and found that charters made no difference.
>
> Yes, but what do you say to the parents who are motivated to
> participate and support the effort and yet cannot find it within
> your normal big city school system?

That the charter doesn't help. They don't work. There are some good ones, but there are also some good public schools. It's a phony reform that is a poor substitute for more egalitarian funding and income redistribution.

Doug



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