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Transferring Poor Performing Public Schools to Poorly Performing Charters | Truth in American Education

Transferring Poor Performing Public Schools to Poorly Performing Charters | Truth in American Education:


Transferring Poor Performing Public Schools to Poorly Performing Charters

I had a post from Diane Ravitch emailed to me this morning.  In a post entitled “Theft of Public Education in Memphis” she described what seems to be a colossal shift of taxpayer money from public schools to charter schools in Memphis, TN.
The Memphis schools will be merged with the schools of Shelby County, allegedly for efficiency. But in fact, the plan is to implement a massive transfer of students to charter schools.
By 2016, a mere four years from now, enrollment in charter schools will