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duffyduff

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5. That's why charter schools aren't public schools
Wed Jan 23, 2013, 12:19 PM
Jan 2013

The definition of what constitutes "public" is far more involved than something getting public money.

Private businesses get public money all the time, yet we don't call these companies public.

The schools were set up BECAUSE the operators wanted to steal public money for private gain.

It matters not whether these "schools" are for-profit or not.

The opponents of public education--really people who are anti-American, as far as I am concerned--pushed this concept of charter schools when vouchers to private schools proved overwhelmingly unpopular with voters.

The Bradley Foundation was intimately involved with perverting Al Shanker's rather naive idea and it caught on like wildfire.

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Ah yes. bluestateguy Jan 2013 #1
but private schools d_r Jan 2013 #2
That's why charter schools aren't public schools duffyduff Jan 2013 #5
Good post. madfloridian Jan 2013 #8
Think how great our country would be LWolf Jan 2013 #3
Two tiers of education on the way. madfloridian Jan 2013 #9
But. But. But. duffyduff Jan 2013 #4
Public when convenient, private when needed. madfloridian Jan 2013 #7
Rec. progressoid Jan 2013 #6
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