If charter schools are not more successful on average than the public schools they replace, what is accomplished by demolishing public education? What is the rationale for authorizing for-profit charters or charter management organizations with high-paid executives, since their profits and high salaries are paid by taxpayers' dollars?

The foundations demand that public schools and teachers be held accountable for performance, but they themselves are accountable to no one. If their plans fail, no sanctions are levied against them. They are bastions of unaccountability.

Research does not support any part of Race to the Top

Sometimes the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds.

We should totally ban for-profit charters. For-profit's first obligation is to its stockholders, not to its children.

Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department

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