Reply #133: Charter Schools

[LeFleur1]

can hire any activist nutcake on the planet to indoctrinate their students. And what if the school is shut down after a year? The kids who went to it have been harmed.

The absolute worst schools my grandkids attended were two charter schools. They were pulled out but the public school in their area said they had no room for them. The charter school was their "district". So they were homeschooled through an excellent school district program.

Public schools don't have to differ in curriculum. That's up to the states. They can set the standard if they'd get off their duffs and do it. Why not have a basic standard curriculum? Contrary to opinion, the public schools are not failing our students. Yes, in the inner cities they often are. Yes, they could do better in a whole lot of instances. Let's work with that. They turn NO ONE away. Everyone gets an education. It is one of the differences between America and other countries. I'm afraid, in their zeal to improve the worst of the worst, they will decimate public schools and we will be left with indoctrination of our children instead of learning.

There may be some good charter schools, but there are many many very very bad ones and, and there is no oversight that matters. I hope none of your children are exposed to them. The difference between the charters and public schools is that you can go to the school board of a public school and raise heck about the bad school in your district and they will try to improve it upon threat. (or should) Charter schools have closed administration. You have no say. It's dangerous.

At least private schools are upfront about what they are teaching before you choose to pay the bill. As I understand it, you have no choice about whether or not to pay the charter school bill. It's your tax money given to private entities once again.