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Charter Schools and Their Enemies (Hardcover)
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As public schools in low income areas fell into disrepair and
failed to meet the needs of disadvantaged and minority students,
charter schools offered an alternative. These schools were born out
of the idea that low income families should be allowed to choose
where their children went to school, just the same as high income
families. If the public school in the community was unsatisfactory,
shouldn't they be allowed to seek out an alternative? The
alternatives are surprisingly effective. Charter schools located in
low income black and Latinx communities achieve results surpassing
both traditional public schools in their areas, and also, in many
cases, public schools in more affluent neighbourhoods. In Charter
Schools and Their Enemies, celebrated conservative intellectual
Thomas Sowell explores the surprising success of this model and the
surprising backlash that threatens to dismantle it. Instead of
being celebrated for their successes, charter schools are caught in
political crosscurrents. In addition to uncovering the success of
the charter school movement, Sowell pays careful attention to its
adversaries to understand how these schools became such a
contentious issue and why the controversy rages on. Teachers'
unions, fearful of their hold over government-funded education,
fund political candidates to oppose the charter school movement.
Liberal educators also oppose charter schools, Sowell argues,
because they believe that the school system should indoctrinate the
young in progressive politics. Deeply researched and amply
documented, Charter Schools and Their Enemies is essential reading
for anyone concerned with debates over education in America.
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