One of the most glaring omissions in the article is a failure to set in context what is happening in our nation's charter schools in comparison to what has persisted for decades throughout the traditional public education establishment. (ccsa.org)
Truth be told, few in today's K — 12 education reform movement look to the PTA to fight for dramatic change or engage in direct conflict with the public education establishment. (educationnext.org)
Had the commission been able to develop as a real alternative to local authorization, larger numbers of charter schools could have been established, and that likely would have created a powerful political constituency in support of charter schools, capable of resisting jealous attacks from the public education establishment. (educationnext.org)