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In reply to the discussion: 'Reaching Out' to the Black Community With a Wagging Finger, a Closed Fist, and an Empty Hand [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)14. The research you quote is from 1997, when the majority of the few charter schools that existed
were well-funded experiments for upscale liberal urban/suburbanites. It was only about 3 years since the first charter school was opened (I believe that date was 1994).
That was before Bush pushed through NCLB and other charter-promoting/enabling legislation that made low-income minority districts the opening wedge in the assault on public education.
Charter schools are indeed more segregated than public schools:
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/2/11/charter_study
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/03/10/report-reveals-trend-of-segregation-in-charter-schools/
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bigtree
May 2012
OP
Yeah, well after much reading here on DU, I have little hope for the public system under Obama
Lionessa
May 2012
#5
well, just on the money invested on PE on the initiative of this admin alone he deserves support
bigtree
May 2012
#6
The research you quote is from 1997, when the majority of the few charter schools that existed
HiPointDem
May 2012
#14
In case you didn't know, charter schools aren't neighborhood schools. They're open to all students.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#19
I didn't say that, & I didn't do the study. I linked a reputable study & gave you a *fact* that
HiPointDem
May 2012
#23
You're free to keep repeating the falsehood that charter schools are neighborhood schools, but
HiPointDem
May 2012
#25
schools aren't closing because of charters. There are many, many factors behind closing schools
bigtree
May 2012
#30
Public schools are closing because the PTB want them to close. Charter schools are opening
HiPointDem
May 2012
#32
Most, if not all, of the extra money the admin put into ed has been used to coerce states and
HiPointDem
May 2012
#13
A large part of it went to RTTT, which went to coerce states and districts as I said.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#18
I don't have to "prove" it, it's right there in the requirements to get the money.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#26
Not in RTTT they're not. Regardless of how much money comes from the feds, the impetus for
HiPointDem
May 2012
#28
"Handful"? There were over 5600 charter schools in the US 2 years ago, with more than 2 million
HiPointDem
May 2012
#31
It was 5% in 2009, and getting bigger every year. Not to mention on-line schooling & vouchers, +
HiPointDem
May 2012
#34
I though we were assuming that we're both sincere in this discussion. I guess not.
bigtree
May 2012
#35