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Thursday, July 11, 2013

The Purpose of Charter Schools in 21st Century America | Reclaim Reform

The Purpose of Charter Schools in 21st Century America | Reclaim Reform:

The Purpose of Charter Schools in 21st Century America

Charter schools have a very definite purpose in America today.
Profits. BIG PROFITS.
charter school children
For many people who know the original purposes for creating charter schools, this is a difficult concept to understand. For even more people who believe the torrent of hype disguised as information/news in the media, this is even more difficult to accept. After all, wonderful and powerful people, billionaires, endorse and promote education reform – actually multinational mega-corporation education reform.
Where is the proof that the charters being created in the second decade of the 21st Century are merely greed-grabs compared to the original concept of charter schools from previous decades? Well, they should attend the Capital Roundtable’s ENCORE conference — “Private Equity Investing in For-Profit Education Companies,”