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11. It's a facelift on the old racist voucher scheme.

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 02:05 PM

Jan 2013

Liberals managed to make known the voucher agenda, so that got less popular. Charter school have some kind of boutique appeal like a mom and pop store. But mom and pop are embezzling millions in tax money and flushing integration.

The drive to simply turn public school in minority neighborhoods into profit farms and kill and drill testing factories has been hideous to see, especially when anyone complained, pundits howled that union thugs who hated non-whit children were obstructing civil rights. So obscene.

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Why the Racist History of the Charter School Movement Is Never Discussed [View all] proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 OP

Maybe because that what is being discussed is not the history of the charter movement? ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #1

However, the teachers who initially proposed charters changed their minds proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #4

It was a good concept that was taken over by others for bad purposes ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #8

I absolutely agree. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #9

I don't know Orrex Jan 2013 #10

History is rarely if ever pointless, unless you wish to repeat it. ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #12

Sure, and Republicans are the party of Lincoln Orrex Jan 2013 #14

THANK you! Don't fool yourselves. Anyone who thinks that charters can be made better, or they're ancianita Jan 2013 #16

I have not been advocating for that in the least ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #26

My mistake. But I AM.The labs you want were originally part of Schools of Education at universities. ancianita Jan 2013 #27

Somewhere, somehow we need to find a way to conduct experiments in education ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #25

Research on the big charter school marketer indicates its purpose is not as claimed. Michelle Rhee & patrice Jan 2013 #2

Union busting, Christian prosteyzing, money grubbing profiteers Coyotl Jan 2013 #20

I brought this up several times here on DU. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #3

As have I. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #5

My town in Mississippi did that Recursion Jan 2013 #6

So the school district funds the football program, but they had no place to practice or play withou patrice Jan 2013 #7

It's a facelift on the old racist voucher scheme. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #11

first of all, I do not agree with Charter Schools at all. That being said NMDemDist2 Jan 2013 #13

What would have happened if she didn’t get the scholarship? Wednesdays Jan 2013 #17

public school of course NMDemDist2 Jan 2013 #18

Since when do charter schools charge tuition? Luminous Animal Jan 2013 #23

well now that's a good point. perhaps it wasn't NMDemDist2 Jan 2013 #24

When my mom was a little girl libodem Jan 2013 #15

the truant officer NMDemDist2 Jan 2013 #19

That's the term I was looking for libodem Jan 2013 #21

The sad truth? The endorsement of Barack Obama acts as a magic bandaid TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #22

K&R We People Jan 2013 #28

"...charter schools were started by dedicated and well intentioned educators." True, as far as ... Scuba Jan 2013 #29

We ought to be broadening the topic noamnety Jan 2013 #30