Thursday, October 21, 2010

Charter Schools Slammed at Education Forum - The Local – Fort-Greene Blog - NYTimes.com

Charter Schools Slammed at Education Forum - The Local – Fort-Greene Blog - NYTimes.com

Charter Schools Slammed at Education Forum

Education ForumGeoffrey Decker
The hot topic of discussion during the education forum was charter schools in the city.

Front and center at last Sunday’s Brooklyn education forum, titled “Public Education Under Attack,” was the controversial issue of charter schools, which were a punching bag from the opening bell.

The most sweeping criticism of charter schools at the forum, held by the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats at Union Temple on Eastern Parkway, came from a parent and education activist whose own daughter is enrolled in a charter school.

“Charter schools are about money,” said Mona Davids, whose daughter