I borrowed the provocative title from a post by Julian Vasquez Heilig of the University of Texas.
Heilig wrote a post recently about Great Hearts, the charter chain that has been trying to locate in an affluent neighborhood in Nashville, thus far without success. As readers of this blog may recall, the Metro Nashville school board has turned Great Hearts down four times. For exercising discretion, the district has been punished by TFA Commissioner Kevin Huffman, who has withheld $3.4 million in state aid from the district. Huffman, of course, believes he must be obeyed because he is the all-powerful commissioner and how dare they reject his order.
Now Great Hearts want to bring multiple charters to San Antonio, and you can guess where they want to locate. As Heilig says in his title, “Hey! The Wealthy Need Segregated Charters Too!?”
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No one needs segregated charter schools, but, sadly, segregation emerged through charters. Regarding charters for the wealthy, they absolutely are not needed. Wealthy families always have had options to send their children to elite private schools. Are the wealthy now so greedy that rather than paying tuition they would prefer to use public funds to support their choice? Ask the people at NAIS what they think about charters for the wealthy.
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Wealthy children do not bring in the $$$ that children in poverty do. Poverty pays! That’s the $$ they are counting on. Sad but true.
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I was pleased when the board member I voted for (Amy Frogge) voted against Great Hearts. What is the point of the board even voting on this issue if they are only “allowed” to approve it?
It is an insult to professional educators in TN to have a know-it-all like Huffman (with his whole two years of TFA teaching experience) as the commissioner.
Here are two quotes of “wisdom” from Huffman:
“There is no difference between education and business.”
“Data is (sic) neutral.”
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