Charter Schools.. Pros & cons.....

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1. The current push for charter schools is because they couldn't sell their voucher ripoff.

Charter schools are overwhelmingly non-union and are staffed by young, idealistic teachers who are worked to death and typically burn out within a few years. Many of them are highly regimented and effectively have the power to choose their students unlike traditional public schools. Typically, charter schools have fewer special education and English language learner students. And many of them systematically weed out students they don't want either for behavior reasons as mentioned already or because of poor academic performance.

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/15/diane_ravitch_school_privatization_is_a_hoax_reformers_aim_to_destroy_public_schools/
http://educationnext.org/wave-of-the-future/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/21/968905/-Report-Exposes-DeVos-Plot-To-Destroy-Public-Education
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/29/1165888/-Michigan-Public-School-System-being-destroyed-RIGHT-NOW