Day 1,676: charter school, fixated
This explains why school reformers are excited about an authoritative study from Stanford University which shows that charter schools really do help children learn. That should settle an argument over how to arrange America’s schools that has been raging for 30 years.
Meanwhile, the right has turned away from charters and fixated instead on “wokeness” and on giving parents vouchers so that they have more choice over where their children go to school.
Artwork of the day
Exit of the Turkish school
Honore DaumierStyle:OrientalismGenre:genre painting
Word of the day
charter school: in the US, a school that is paid for with public money but is organized by a private group for a special purpose and admits only students who meet its standards:
fixated: unable to stop thinking about something:
Quote of the day
“Conservatives favor educational reform, such as vouchers and scholarships and charter schools. Again we need to explain why: because education reform empowers parents and expands opportunities for kids struggling to get ahead in schools that have failed them. It is at its core a civil rights issue, and it is fundamentally unfair to trap kids in bad schools because of their race, ethnicity, income level, or simply because they live in the wrong zip codes.”
― Ted Cruz, A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America
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