Schooling in the Ownership Society: Next frontier for the charter school hustlers, 'Inner Ring' Suburbs

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Next frontier for the charter school hustlers, 'Inner Ring' Suburbs:

Next frontier for the charter school hustlers, 'Inner Ring' Suburbs

For those of you who aren't fluent in post-racial-era reform/speak, inner-ringis code for black and Latino suburbs. As the inner cities become whitenized, with hundreds of thousands of African-Americans being pushed out because of lack of jobs, limited access to social services, and unaffordable housing costs, these suburban districts are growing rapidly and are now being targeted for takeover by competing charter companies.

Local school districts, like Dist. 149 in south-suburban Dolton/Calumet City, IL are facing an all-out assault by the big charter chains. So far they've beaten back the attack but only by diverting much of their energies away from educating children to defending themselves Schooling in the Ownership Society: Next frontier for the charter school hustlers, 'Inner Ring' Suburbs: