Charter Schools are Ordinary At Best...

I just wanted to do a quick highlight of this article:

Charter Schools Fail the Math Test in Battleground Chicago

Basically, as Yves Smith adroitly writes: "The public wants a pony: higher quality education while demonizing teachers and cutting their pay."

I find it a little disheartening that so often we want the best but aren't willing to pay for it: Especially if it is fellow middle class Americans who will benefit by providing the goods or services we want. Our exploitation mentality has grown to where we are no long content just exploiting people in far-away lands, now we want to do it here at home.

Read Yves' article, and the Jarosvky if you are so inclined. Our public schools are pretty darn good, and instead of sucking them dry to transfer the money from the teachers and educators who are willing to grow and guide our children, to the already rich for whom too much is not enough, we should rethink our approach and reinvest in those who can and do make a difference.