Are Charter Schools the Answer to Inequality in Public Education?
“Charter school” … what comes to mind when these words are uttered?
According to the National Education Association (NEA), a charter school is “a primary or secondary school that receives public money but is not subject to some of the rules, regulations and statutes that apply to public schools, in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school’s charter.”
Parents of color are encouraged to believe that charter schools are the panacea to the obstacles their children face due to institutional racism and underfunding in the public schools. But are charter schools truly the answer to inequality in schools? No! The truth must be exposed to stop these for-profit organizations.
Two-tier Education, Union-busting, Lower Living Standards
Charter schools actually hinder the development of students of color in several ways, while at the same time