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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
The funny thing is, for most of the charter schools, they by definition have more parental engagement, since parents must engage to get them into the schools, yet their outcomes are only marginally better, even with more available cash (they often get the average per-student costs for educating students with a below average cost; the highest cost kids, kids with English as a second language or learning or physical disabilities, are almost always disproportionately left in the public schools).
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Yup. Thus undermining the case for charter schools. And look, no evil union required!
Vouchers, charter schools, or whatever the right wants now are certainly a leg up for some kids in difficult circumstances, but only some, and probably those who were most likely to find success anyway.
Maybe that's worth doing, but doesn't appear to be scalable and thus isn't really a solution. ETA: And, as you suggest, may be actively harmful to those left behind.
