Reply #80: Can we agree on this?

[Greyskye]

The 'Charter School Movement' is exactly as organized as the Democratic Party. That is to say, not at all. Laws regulating charter schools vary wildly from state to state.

Some 'for-profit' charter organizations in some states, probably do wish to 'gain market share' at the expense of traditional public schools. That's wrong and should be stopped. I take it you have no argument with that?

Most non-profit public school charters are run by parents and teachers. There is no 'movement' for them, other than to establish an alternative to their local public education program. These charters often have a focus such as science, the arts, or simply an alternative teaching method, such as the one developed by Maria Montessori. These charter schools don't want to shut down public education, they are public education.

Here, I'll agree with you on one of your main contentions: Not all charter schools are non-profit.

Will you agree with me on the following? I'll even qualify it to an outrageously conservative extent: Some public, non-profit public charter schools provide a quality education.

Again, as with all my charter school posts, I am referring only to the charter school system that I am familiar with, in California.