First off, you need to get past chapter 2, which may seem tough after seeing the statistics seemingly repeated for several different Charter School networks, but do not get discouraged! There is light at the end of the Chapter 2 tunnel! The level of downright immoral and uncaring behavior of people who seemingly always claim to be so caring about everyone is appalling, and frankly shocking. I can only hope this book reaches many parents who need better schools for their children. If we are lucky, it will speak to someone in society truly looking for a way to help kids in failing schools and who has the means to start a charter school, and has the stomach for it...
It will be interesting to see the negative reviews and refutations of this book over the coming weeks and months which hopefully bring this topic to the national stage.
The author has taken the time and effort to overcome seemingly every objection (valid and frivolous) to charter schools by providing the data to support his assertions, primarily from New York state. He is honest where charter schools are not the best, but the overwhelming supply of empirical data suggests that Charter Schools are much needed and in greater numbers in most big cities.
His disdain for the Mayor of New York is not lost on the reader, and rightfully so after reading the actions taken by the Mayor to sacrifice the education of New York's youngsters for what seems to be his own ego and that of his "supporters". I just cannot understand it myself, but like I said, maybe we'll see some rebuttals, and hopefully they have facts to back them up.
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