How Charter Schools and Teach for America Have Contributed to the Destruction of Public Education in the United States
The following is a chart summarizing federal education policy in the last 20 years. Note where Charter Schools and Teach for America fit in the puzzle
Step One: Require all states to administer standardized tests to students enrolled in all public schools as a condition of receiving Federal funding
Step Two: Require states to rate schools and school districts on the basis of scores on those tests
Step Three: Require states to close schools which are designated as "failing" on those tests, and take school districts designated as "failing" into receivership.
Step Four: In replacing schools which have been closed, give preference to Charter Schools.
Step Five: Staff the "replacement schools"- most of them Charter Schools-, with Teach for America corps members
What have been the results of this? Hundreds of thousands of CONTINUE READING: With A Brooklyn Accent: How Charter Schools and Teach for America Have Contributed to the Destruction of Public Education in the United States
