Schooling in the Ownership Society: The Ward Room: Chicago charters, "a tangle of insider dealing, cronyism and political favoritism"

Schooling in the Ownership Society: The Ward Room: Chicago charters, "a tangle of insider dealing, cronyism and political favoritism":

The Ward Room: Chicago charters, "a tangle of insider dealing, cronyism and political favoritism"

NBC's Ward Room report on charters offers an unequivocal assessment.

As charter schools continue to take root, however, one fact is clear: No process this steeped in political cronyism and insider dealing should be allowed to continue.

 The report recounts the way a politically-connected Chicago charter school operator, Concept Schools, Inc. (owned by Turkish billionaire Fethullah Gulen) used it's clout to receive approval and funding to open two schools in Chicagoafter being turned down by the Chicago Public Schools.

CPS said the charter’s current school, Chicago Math and