http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/25/nearly-three-quarters-of-parent-voters-want-more-charter-schools/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/25/nearly-three-quarters-of-parent-voters-want-more-charter-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-48839 Pogue Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:27:52 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=10284#comment-48839 At the DOE we overcrowd the public schools, hold back resources, and force these schools to accept and try to help every student no matter the skill or behavioral level until the people have no choice but tp ask for charter schools...Damn, this scheme is working like a charm! At the DOE we overcrowd the public schools, hold back resources, and force these schools to accept and try to help every student no matter the skill or behavioral level until the people have no choice but tp ask for charter schools…Damn, this scheme is working like a charm!

]]> http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/25/nearly-three-quarters-of-parent-voters-want-more-charter-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-48360 Tom2 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:24:40 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=10284#comment-48360 Hopefully, Obama's scaring parents away from traditional government schools the way he's scaring folks away from many other things that obviously are socialist and far too costly. In time, bureaucrats and quasi-businessmen engaged in charter schools will turn to the compulsory corruption and the citizens will take the next step. It's a bad idea for any government to educate its children. Hopefully, Obama’s scaring parents away from traditional government schools the way he’s scaring folks away from many other things that obviously are socialist and far too costly. In time, bureaucrats and quasi-businessmen engaged in charter schools will turn to the compulsory corruption and the citizens will take the next step. It’s a bad idea for any government to educate its children.

]]> http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/25/nearly-three-quarters-of-parent-voters-want-more-charter-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-48317 Greg Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:29:16 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=10284#comment-48317 Not at all surprising that parents actually want a choice in where hteir kids go to school. It's amazing that parents have waited this long to demand it, or that 30% wouldn't want more choice in where there kids go to school. Let's hope that the growth of charters continues to coincide with the closure of more terrible schools, the replacement strategy has the potential to truly lift the quality of all schools in the city like no other reform we've tried. Not at all surprising that parents actually want a choice in where hteir kids go to school. It’s amazing that parents have waited this long to demand it, or that 30% wouldn’t want more choice in where there kids go to school. Let’s hope that the growth of charters continues to coincide with the closure of more terrible schools, the replacement strategy has the potential to truly lift the quality of all schools in the city like no other reform we’ve tried.

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