Do charter schools bring the right reform to New Jersey education?
Last month, a NewsWorks New Jersey post from public education blogger Laura Waters raised the ire of the daughter of the late Albert Shanker, the fiery education reformer and teachers union president. Waters thinks Shanker, whom she praised repeatedly in her piece, would support today's charter school movement.
Not so, replied Jennie Shanker, a local artist and the union leader's daughter, who wrote in a comment on Waters' blog post:
As his daughter, I treasure the testimony of individuals who knew my father and his work. Lately, it has been, frankly, dreadful to find his name associated with school "reform" that undermines public education. [...]
I can tell you, absolutely and unequivocally, if my father was with us today he would be fighting side by side with Diane Ravitch to preserve and improve public education. The
