Instead, a portrait emerges of a company that tries to squeeze profits from public school dollars by raising enrollment, increasing teacher workload and lowering standards. (nytimes.com)
The group, in turn, successfully beat back efforts by reformers and school choice activists in the Sunshine State to expand choice (and abolish the religious bigotry - driven Blaine amendment banning the use of public school dollars for expanding access to high - quality private school options for poor and minority kids) through the passage of Amendment 8. (dropoutnation.net)
Critics have long complained that charters don't enroll the most difficult to educate students, and that they drain money from districts because public school dollars move with students to whatever school they attend. (commonwealthmagazine.org)