PSAT for 1-4-11: Tell Mark Kirk “no” on federal funds for charters
I have not been able to respond to this survey(which was forwarded to me by a friend) but I hope that’s due to my incompatibility with all things Bill Gates, not a rejection of my views by my senator….
In the post, Mark Kirk declares that he “strongly supports charter schools.” The post is headlined with the incorrect statement that 9 of top 10 High Schools in Chicago are Charter Schools.
(Here’s the video demonstrating how some CPS high school students called candidate Rahm Emanuel out on a similar misstatement.)
But then Sen. Kirk asks what we think:
“Should Congress use its educational funds to support the expansion of Charter Schools?”
Why don’t you tell him? You can also leave a message on Sen. Kirk’s Facebook page. So far, comments are overwhelmingly against charter schools – for example, “Charter schools in many cases are run by corporations and receive little money from the government and operate in many