Searching for Superguy in Jersey…
A short while back I did a post called Searching for Superguy in Gotham. In that post, I tackled the assumption that Superguy was easily identifiable as a hero leader of charter schools – or at least that was one distorted portrayal of Superguy in Waiting for Superman. Now, I should point out here that I really don’t know of anyone actually out there running charter schools who wishes to portray him/herself in this way. So, to be absolutely clear, this post is in no way an attack on those who are out there just trying to do the best job they can for kids in need.
This post IS a criticism of the punditry around charter schools- the notion that charter schools are easy to pick out from the crowd of urban (or other) schools- because they are necessarily, plainly and obviously better. That