LA CHARTER SCHOOLS NOT TRULY FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION
JANET DENISE KELLY | CITYWATCH LA | HTTP://BIT.LY/P1GVA5
LOS ANGELES Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - URBAN PERSPECTIVE -As South Los Angeles schools are being targeted by the Los Angeles School District for possible turnover, the community is questioning the meaning of public education.
There is sense that there is a corporate agenda to privatize public education by painting schools as public and nonprofit under the auspice of charter schools. Some communities are labeling these schools as venture capitalist opportunities and failed models for increasing academic performance.
Charter schools are funded with public money and private donations. What makes them unique than (sic) traditional public schools is that they are not subject to some of the same regulations or statutes; and their