The Myth that Charter Schools are Innovation Paradigms
For years charter school advocates have claimed that charter schools have something new and innovative to share with public schooling. It’s a myth. Charter schools bring nothing new to the table. Any innovative charter schools are likely run by real teachers.
Jeanne Allen, who founded the Center for Education Reform (CER,) called the nation’s leading authority on advancing education opportunity and innovation, is troubled that charter schools are being attacked, referring to the recent MSNBC forum and candidates like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who are simply calling for more accountability of charter schools.
Allen’s bio says she earned a bachelors degree in political science from Dickinson College and a masters of science in education entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania.
In Don’t Attack Charters Schools–Learn from Them Allen claims that public schools are failing and charter schools will provided a revolution. She refers to local data unavailable to us.
But her arguing that charter schools bring something revolutionary to the table is unproven and presents simply more vacuous promises. She states:
On national, international, and local data points, most schools are failing to provide CONTINUE READING: The Myth that Charter Schools are Innovation Paradigms
