Braun: Gov. Christie touts success of charter schools while only offering selective facts
Published: Monday, January 31, 2011, 8:30 AM Updated: Monday, January 31, 2011, 8:35 AM
Gov. Chris Christie talks to students at the Robert Treat Academy in Newark. Christie announced the approval of new charter schools, on January 18th.So — what’s the problem? Why can’t the state tell the truth about charter schools?
Why does the governor have to be asked repeatedly to be fair about comparing charter schools with conventional schools? He’s such a fan of charters, you’d think — prosecutor that he was — he’d jump at the chance of blowing away critics with facts.
Instead, he publishes only selective facts that support his arguments.
After declining to provide that statistics for the past two weeks, his spokesman said vaguely late Friday night that they would be released "in the normal course."
When? After a compliant and clueless Legislature gives him the "reform" he wants