Ann Cronin is puzzled by the stance that Connecticut officials take toward charter schools. They consider charter schools to be the salvation for children of color. They ignore the public schools, which enroll 98% of the state’s public school children, compared to 1.5% in charter schools.
Bear in mind that Connecticut has long been recognized as one of the best state systems in the country. Yet Governor Malloy and the legislature keep cutting funding for their excellent public schools in order to increase funding for privately managed charter schools. This despite the huge charter scandal in the state, when the governor’s favorite chain (Jumoke) imploded after the revelations of nepotism, misspent funds, and a lack of accountability. This despite the fact that most charters do not outperform public schools. This despite the fact that Connecticut is still bound by a court order to integrate its schools and charters are seldom integrated.
She invites her readers to thank the NAACP for calling for a moratorium on new charters.
Without the billionaires’ boys clubs, without Gates, Broad, Dell, the Waltons, Bezos, Icahn, the hedge fund managers, etc., the whole reform movement (charters and vouchers) would probably collapse and disappear.
You have one too many words in your sentence. Eliminate the “probably”.
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The Thought Police
As Orwell says, corrupted language leads to corrupted thinking, and vice versa. The term “bad school” leads inevitably to the idea of firing staff and shutting down schools. If we used the more truthful expression “school with very-hard-to-teach students”, we’d be less apt to attack urban public schools.
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