Yes. charter schools have huge issues with fiscal corruption and student and teacher abuse
Yes,
charter schools have been seized on by financial elites as a vehicle to
break unions and open up public education as a field for private
investment
But in many inner city and low income communities, charters are extremely popular with parents
And
one of the reasons is that many of them are open from 7 AM to 7 PM
every day so that parents or grandparents who work two jobs and can't
arrange child care know that their children are safe.
In
a country where fewer and fewer people can pay housing costs on a
single income because wages have plummeted, this is a huge element in
their appeal.
Defenders of public education who do not
understand that face an uphill battle in resisting the charter
onslaught. And this is why we have to demand that public schools be
transformed into true community institutions which are open around the
clock.
8 to 3 hours don't cut it anymore in public
education. There are fewer and fewer safe places for children in low and
moderate income neighborhoods. Not in homes, not in streets, not in
community centers-which have been devastated by budget cuts even more
than schools. The schools must become that safe space. After school
programs must become part of every public school. If they don't, there
may be no public schools left.
The Community School
Model can't be treated just as a clever idea postponed to some distant future. It is the only hope for
preserving public education in low and moderate income communities.. And
must be fought for tooth and nail, not only by teachers, but by parents
and all concerned citiens who want to keep the 1 Percent from
privatizing education and using it to cement their control over every
aspect of American life
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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