Aaaaaaannd....this "effort" was introduced, and written by,
Concerned Taxpayers of California,...... right?
This was the result of a ballot vote,....... right?
This is expected to qualify as a precedent elsewhere, ........right?
And Education union "administrators"and members all over Ca. have relinquished their "free' health insurance. immunity from rightful termination. and agreed to
public servant pay scales, to finance this, .............right?
And a public school diploma is MANDITORY for ALL children of ALL Ca. residents receiving ANY Ca. taxpayer dollars,...........right?
Meanwhile, on the right (13 miles worth) coast.
The
de facto state newspaper
The Union Leader reports:
ON WEDNESDAY, Concord's attitude toward New Hampshire's chartered public schools demonstrated a dramatic shift. The valuable incubators of alternative public education might survive previous attempts to smother them after all. It looks as though Gov. John Lynch (dem) will be given the final say.
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It seems that charter schools won over legislators by doing what teachers unions have claimed charters could not do: educate struggling students. Legislators have been able to see that instead of draining the best students from regular public schools, charter schools have given average and struggling students new educational opportunities.
(snip)
Charter schools are doing important work in New Hampshire. The House has seen that. Gov. Lynch and the Senate need to follow the House's lead and make sure these schools continue to provide quality public alternatives for students who are not best-served by their traditional public schools.
Private alternatives have repeatedly PROVED their excellence!