Wendy Lecker: Revisiting charter school ‘successes’ (A Must Read)
by jonpelto
Hearst Newspaper commentary writer and fellow pro-public education Wendy Lecker has another must read piece on the Stamford Advocate website: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Wendy-Lecker-Revisiting-charter-school-4224349.php
Wendy Lecker: Revisiting charter school ‘successes’
“Every legislative session, charter school lobbyists proclaim how successful privately run charter schools are compared to “failing” public schools, and that charters should get a share of public money disproportionate to the 1 percent of public school children they serve. In order to illustrate the murky world of charter school statistics, here is a follow-up to two of my columns on Connecticut charters.
In September, I described the takeover of Hartford’s Milner School by Jumoke charter school, as part of the “commissioner’s network.” Charter school lobbyists bristle when people suggest that their “successes” emanate not from unproven “innovations” but rather from educating a different population than public schools and/or having more resources.
