Charter schools' cheating scandal teaches a disheartening lesson
Decisions surrounding L.A. Unified's now closed Crescendo charter school chain indicate the adults were thinking more about themselves than about the students.
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In March 2011, John Allen, left, Crescendo charter schools' founder, walks out of a board of directors meeting and into closed session amid jeers and boos. (Los Angeles Times / March 4, 2011) |
I planned to write an upbeat column about education this weekend, something to put us in a good mood as the kids begin a new school year: Test scores are rising, new schools are opening and plastic foam trays have been banned from lunchrooms.
But when I read Times reporter Howard Blume's article Saturday, about the fallout from a charter school cheating scandal, I couldn't stop thinking about it.
It seems we're stuck on stupid