Thuglas said:
Public schools are absolutely garbage in most low income cities in America. The religious schools (and charter schools) perform better than other Public school. How can you posibly be against giving more oportunity for children to get better education? I grew up in Detroit and it became so apparent why it is so hard for people to escape poverty. The biggest problem were the public schools I attended. Kids in every classroom were out of control and the teachers didn't care at all. This isn't the case for charter schools in inner cities (she advocated for charter schools too). Charter school demand has been on the rise yet their has been fight back against creating more of them. Democrat leaders seem to be adamently against allowing young kids a chance to escape the broken public school system as of late. They are fighting against DeVos plan for school choice and public education officials have shot down the creation of charter schools in the past claiming "it doesn't meet our education standards" despite them consistantly out perfoming public schools in the same area. We need more charter schools in inner cities! Nothing wrong with religuous schools either since they have proven they know how to teach kids. If we want to help poor comunities then it starts at education. how many more decades of failing public schools do we need before we try something new? |
Charter schools in Michigan, where DeVos and her husband helped shape policies, performed worse overall than public schools. Religious schools are a major problem, if they are given federal funds. Complete violation of separation of church and state. Imagine if their was a school that explicitly promoted Islam that received federal funds. The christians who are promoting religious schools now would be rioting.
But, this isn't about charter schools. There are intelligent qualified individuals who have had success as teachers and as administrators who support charter schools. Betsy DeVos is not one of these people.
