History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
The uncomfortable truth about charter schools
- 05-27-2011
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Blog by Larry Strauss/Huffington Post
The proliferation of charter schools has become one of the most divisive issues in public education. Proponents tout the successes of some and generalize it to all. They promote charters as desperately needed alternative to neighborhood schools they call "drop-out factories." Opponents characterize charter schools as anti-union agenda-driven corporate saboteurs of public education and labor unions. They deny any qualitative difference between charters and non-charter public schools -- and, in fact, refer to statistical comparisons that show charter schools less successful than other public schools (ironically using the same numbers many of us dismiss as invalid instruments by which to measure teacher success or pay). The uncomfortable truth for both sides of this argument is that they are partly right but just as wrong. (more...)
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