The Associate School Boards of South Dakota object to charter schools. As the post title suggests, charter schools are relatively free from "public oversight" and "public accountability." But this is precisely the point. What the ASBSD means by "public" is government. What is means by "oversight" and "accountability" is bureaucracy. Their objection is really that charter schools free educators from the government bureaucracy.
See this story (ht Julie Ponzi) about a public schools attempt to become a charter school. By all means watch the Drew Carey video attached and follow the links. You will get a picture of American education which the desire of some to increase their power and protect incompetence comes at the expense of children and educators who truly care about them. Here is what the post's author writes:
Charter schools are public schools liberated from the stifling bureaucracy of the school district and the innovation-killing influence of the teachers' unions. Charter schools aren't perfect -- union partisans will be quick to cite stories like this and this -- but they offer far more opportunities for academic success in poor, crime-ridden and low-achieving areas than the standard model.
See yesterday's post for other thoughts on education. But watch the Carey video and listen to the union rep with the goatee. Here is a guy who just hates anything that questions the authority of education establishment. He's the problem with American education, not the lack of funding.
If you want to see a problem with a public school, go here to see how the state of Minnesota is funding a pervasively Muslim school.
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