At Forbes, a look at the new Network for Public Education critiques of that CREDO report claiming that charters show remarkable gains over public schools.
I have mixed feelings about the ethics of charter schools. As much as I want to be on the side of public schools, I can see the argument for charter schools. But whereas the case for keeping funds in the public school system is arguably reasonable even when the charter school could be shown to be a better education for this student or that student, my open-mindedness about the subject goes away when charter schools don’t dramatically outperform the public system.
I have mixed feelings about the ethics of charter schools. As much as I want to be on the side of public schools, I can see the argument for charter schools. But whereas the case for keeping funds in the public school system is arguably reasonable even when the charter school could be shown to be a better education for this student or that student, my open-mindedness about the subject goes away when charter schools don’t dramatically outperform the public system.