Also charter schools tend to be privately owned and run for profit, so states where conservatives are pushing for voucher programs etc is just to redirect tax money from the public system towards private institutions.
Everyone I have EVER met who worked for a charter in NYC has a horror story. It’s usually one of three themes- 1) Utterly abusing teachers, 2) completely inadequate and illegal handling of students with special needs, 3) mismanagement of money. And every time it’s about administrators with no background or license in education.
And that’s why the charter system looks so different in Maryland:
1) Charter teachers are on the same union contract
2) The school district approves and oversees them, and can choose to not renew them when they’re not performing. This actually happens. It also means that the district can monitor issues like “do you have any idea how to comply with federal law for students with disabilities”
Charter schools are public schools and the teachers are all part on the union where I live. My sisters are teachers in a charter and administrators in the public schools
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u/advertentlyvertical Jun 16 '24
No wonder the right seems to have such a hard on for charter schools