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19. Privatization strikes again

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 12:20 PM

Jan 2013

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Oregon charter school founders accused in $20 million racketeering lawsuit [View all] Coyotl Jan 2013 OP

They should have been bankers instead reteachinwi Jan 2013 #1

Charter schools should be renamed Charlatan schools. nt valerief Jan 2013 #2

This is precisely why I cannot support charter schools Frustratedlady Jan 2013 #3

+1 freshwest Jan 2013 #5

I agree, but I think there are testing standards. Frustratedlady Jan 2013 #15

"King and his wife filed for bankruptcy in Oregon in 2011."... truth2power Jan 2013 #4

Charter schools are rackets. nt bemildred Jan 2013 #7

Waiting for Duper Man fascisthunter Jan 2013 #8

Exactly! Sad. So many good people sucked into the lie! mountain grammy Jan 2013 #18

Why are these MFers not in jail for larceny? SunSeeker Jan 2013 #10

More like Grand Theft. formercia Jan 2013 #11

They're scamming and stealing from homeowners jsr Jan 2013 #14

Tip of the iceberg. SoapBox Jan 2013 #12

duncan and obama say nothing about the failures of charter schools madrchsod Jan 2013 #13

i blame duncan... la la Jan 2013 #27

Privatizing government services is a racket mountain grammy Jan 2013 #16

More teachers! vlyons Jan 2013 #17

Privatization strikes again SHRED Jan 2013 #19

What a shock...I wouldn't expect anything less from a charter school gopiscrap Jan 2013 #21

Exactly right. nikto Jan 2013 #26

Thankfully, this can't happen in Chicago. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #22

This is happening all over nikto Jan 2013 #24

Lovely, one of these schools happened to be in my own small town. pa28 Jan 2013 #25

Anyone want to put odds on that money being paid davidpdx Jan 2013 #28