Three big problems with school ‘choice’ that supporters don’t like to talk about
School privatizers have installed choice systems before the public understands the negative long-term consequences that will result.
School privatizers have installed choice systems before the public understands the negative long-term consequences that will result.
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Do not allow our public schools to be privatized. Restore funding for public school programs, especially for disadvantaged students, and cut funding for charters and vouchers instead.
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For those of us who support public education, a real bright spot in the November 2016 election was the defeat of Amendment 1 in Georgia. Amendment 1 proposed to allow the state to create a state-wide “Opportunity School District” that would take over and privatize so-called “failing schools,” patterned after similar districts in Louisiana, Tennessee and Michigan.
A bright spot in an extremely dark election landscape came from Massachusetts voters, who soundly defeated a ballot question to lift restrictions on charter school expansion. The question’s defeat was a victory for public schools and for the power of educating the public about charter schools.