Here’s the latest warning on the charter industry from Ohio. It’s a long read but an important one. We should learn from their mistakes.

“School vouchers, tuition tax credits, education savings plans and other money-follows-the-child schemes are also a significant threat to the existence of a viable common school system but, the focus of this presentation will be on the implications of the charter industry. The charter choice argument is a hoax.

“People don’t want choice; they want a high quality thorough and efficient common school system. The charter choice in Ohio is typically of lower quality than the traditional system. If school districts were funded at a constitutionally-required level, sufficient choice would be available. That would give relevance to the concept of school choice.”

Read more here: http://ohiocoalition.org/listings_layout/pdfs/research_and_articles/Tuesdaypresentation2015.pdf