Reply #109: Your position does not reflect the current realities

[ProgressiveProfessor]

Charter schools were once as you described. Educations experimental laboratories with willing subjects. The concept actually came out of the educational community. Some are still true to that goal, though some here are loath to admit it. Immersion schools come to mind as charter schools true to the original concept as do some of the magnet or specialty schools.

However commercialization and politics have also entered into the charter school movement, and some of the results are pretty shameful. They too count as charter schools and they are in many cases a crime in progress.

Over all I support those following the original intent of charter schools. They are no threat to the current public education process. Some of the other charters are inexcusable wastes.