The Problem with Charter Schools

I've worked with these people and truth is that most of them are doing a piss poor job. Despite the fact that they are getting monies that would go to traditional public schools and are supposed to allow all students to attend, they do not. This is where the inequities start. Many of them do everything they can to discourage students with special needs from enrolling which already skews their population versus the local public school's population. Then while traditional public schools have to provide placements for all students within their district boundaries, charter schools can pawn off students with special needs and students who may be difficult back to their school districts.

Then, there are the public schools that create non-traditional settings that serve to benefit them financially. Option for Youth and Options for Learning are two programs that provide one on one for student for just one hour a week and pay their teachers about $45,000 a year (significantly less that local districts). By paying their teacher a pittance and providing little to no benefits they are able to give themselves--the founders who happen to be a brother and sister-- large salaries that far exceed that of any traditional principal.

I could go on.