Commentary on The Milwaukee Public Schools' Empty Buildings

Alan Borsuk:

And if there's a happy future in the whole MPS buildings issue, it's unlikely to lie in vacant buildings. It lies in doing something different with current schools that chronically get poor results. What if those buildings housed something much better? Keep watch to see if there is fresh action on that front, including offering some to charter schools.

The specific factors around the Malcolm X matter are one reason for the big fight now. But the bigger reason, in my view, is the continuing failure by, oh, close to everybody to get past those sharp divisions among us and to take actions that best serve the largest number of kids by creating the largest number of quality schools.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 20, 2013 12:53 AM
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