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Expansion of charters causing harm in Pittsburgh

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/...
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Milwaukee voucher program leading to abandonment of public education and increased segregation

A view from Milwaukee: “In Milwaukee, one of the country’s most segregated metropolitan regions, the May 17 anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education will be particularly bitter. Like other urban areas, this city has long ignored Brown’s proclamation 60 years ago that ‘separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.’ We live comfortably with rampant school segregation. But Milwaukee, where more students receive vouchers than in any U.S. city, has taken the abandonment of Brown to a new level. We are abandoning the very institution of public education.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/05/16/are-we-abandoning-public-education-60-years-after-historic-brown-ruling/...
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