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Friday, June 25, 2010

Democurmudgeon: Charter School Owner, State Senator and Possible Candidate for Govenor Wants more Failing Schools Like His Own.

Democurmudgeon: Charter School Owner, State Senator and Possible Candidate for Govenor Wants more Failing Schools Like His Own.:

Charter School Owner, State Senator and Possible Candidate for Govenor Wants more Failing Schools Like His Own.


In another fine example of a won over Democrat for voucher and charter schools:

In his quest to be the Democrats' nominee for governor, State Sen. Anthony Williams is calling for expanding educational choice and targeting taxpayer funds to charters and other schools that produce results.
While never answering the question as to why people hate spending money on public schools but love sending it to private hucksters, see if you can see a shocking conflict of interest in the following paragraph:

But the Southwest Philadelphia charter school he founded as Renaissance Advantage in 1999 and oversaw as board chairman for a decade has experienced rocky times. The school, which Williams renamed Hardy Williams Academy in 2009 for his late father, was nearly closed in 2003 because of academic and management problems.
A state senator and possible Democratic nominee for governor, Williams has a vested interest in seeing taxpayer dollars going to charter schools. Well what do you know. And it's not doing well, surprise,