More Stunningly Brazen Dishonesty from the Seattle Times on Charter Schools
posted by GOLDY on TUE, JAN 17, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Honestly... have they no shame?
Yesterday I pointed out the Seattle Times editorial board's embarrassing record of hypocrisy when it comes to embracing or dissing the notion of "the will of the people," depending on whether the editors agree or disagree with that will as expressed at the polls—this time in regards to charter schools.
But that same pro-charter schools editorial contains a stunningly brazen bit of dishonesty:
Nationally, about 20 percent of charter schools have been found to do a better job of educating students than public schools.
The editors don't cite their source, but there is only one large scale evaluation of the relative performance of charter schools—"Multiple Choice: Charter School
