Here’s how charters are playing out in Pittsburgh: “So what’s the problem here? In Pittsburgh we’re being told that we can’t have these things because we’re going broke. We have a looming $46 million budget gap. Guess how much we spend sending kids to charter schools? $53 million. Yep, that’s right. We are spending more to send 10% of our kids to charter schools than it would cost to plug the budget gap, which is forcing 90% of Pittsburgh public school students to go without art, music, small class sizes, or ‘agile teaching.’” http://yinzercation.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/when-charters-cause-harm-and-leaders-fail-to-lead/