WATCH THIS VIDEO – The Charter School Industry’s abusive “no excuses” approach to education
Charter Schools – Privately owned, but publicly funded.
Charter schools “pride” themselves on their “no excuses” strategies and techniques.
This time the horrifying video is from one of the infamous charter schools that make up the Success Academy charter school chain in New York City.
However the charter school industry’s “no-excuses” approach, primarily aimed at children of color, is the hallmark of the charter school industry across the nation, including at Achievement First, Inc., the large Connecticut-based charter school chain with schools in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.
The problems run far deeper than just one video.
This year, Governor Dannel Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman have proposed a state budget that increases funding for Connecticut’s charter schools while making the deepest cuts in state history to Connecticut’s public schools.
Since taking office, Malloy and Wyman have doubled the amount of money spent to subsidize Connecticut’s charter school industry. As a result of their “education reform” initiatives, well over $100 million in taxpayer funds will go to charter schools rather than the state’s local public school system.
A very similar story has been unfolding in New York, where Governor Andrew Cuomo, like Governor Dannel Malloy are charter school loyalists and disciples. Both governors have refused to adequately fund public schools, which has shifted more and more of the burden for paying for public education onto the backs of local property taxpayers.
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