Reply #35: Arizona has a lot of charter schools [View All]

[Tansy_Gold]

To my knowledge, not all teachers in the AZ charter schools are certified. IIRC, at least one christian charter school in the Phoenix area was closed because its owner had a background of child abuse. Several others have been closed for financial problems, where operators took all the funds and left the kids. . . . nothing.

The DoE report indicates that not all schools in all states require teacher certification.

The DoE report indicates that many schools are closed or sanctioned because of financial misdealings rather than student performance.

IMHO, charter schools are a rightwing trick to siphon public education monies into the private sector, diminishing the public education system and creating a permanent underclass of poorly educated workers.

If I were ever elected President, I would immediately defund ALL charter schools and provide funding so the public schools could do the job they're supposed to do.