Charter gamble is no sure bet
Post a commentThe School Reform Commission may be taking too big a gamble by investing $139 million in charter-school expansions when there is evidence that many charters perform no better than traditional schools academically, and the lack of adequate regulation has birthed charters that misspend taxpayer dollars.
Charter schools should be made available for children who desperately need an alternative to city schools that are often violent and offer a poor education.
However, charters are no panacea and they do nothing to fix the bigger problem — the bad schools that the bulk of the city's students will still attend.
Nonetheless, the troubled district has made the addition of more charters an integral component of its radical plan to restructure the school system.
The cost should give everyone reason for