Schools Matter: Christie's Charter Miracles Turn Mirage Under Closer Inspection

Schools Matter: Christie's Charter Miracles Turn Mirage Under Closer Inspection

Christie's Charter Miracles Turn Mirage Under Closer Inspection

by Jim Horn

From Bob Braun at Star-Ledger:

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