Have charter schools become tool for privatizing education?

Maureen Downey:

Morning folks, I am running this op-ed on the Monday education page that I assemble each week for the AJC. Written by UGA professor William G. Wraga, it raises some interesting questions about whether the charter school movement has been co-opted by privatization proponents.

By William G. Wraga

The original intent of charter schools, to increase the professional autonomy of teachers so they could explore innovative ways to educate children and youth, has given way to other agendas that have grafted onto the movement.

Increasingly, charter school policies have been influenced by market ideology that treats the movement as a vehicle for privatizing public schools.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 14, 2010 1:01 AM
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