Neoliberalism: The Ideology That Dares Not Speak Its Name

[Warren Dew]

(01-02-2017, 12:16 PM)TeacherinExile Wrote: Charter schools, to mention another example of "school choice," have no better record as a whole than public schools, according to recent studies.  Some are indeed much worse.

Some are worse, some are better; on average, they are about the same, as you say.

However, one must also consider that charter school students mostly come from districts which have terrible public schools.  Replacing a failing inner city public school with a charter school that is merely as good as the average public school is a huge improvement to those inner city students.

I would agree that charter schools aren't a solution for affluent neighborhoods.  That's where vouchers would work better.