«There has been no
greater champion of charter schools in a public role than I have been, for years now, before charter schools became popular,» Tisch told reporters at a Crain's New York event held at the Yale Club.
«This report compiles skewed and incomplete data that, in the authors» own words, is largely based on «assumptions» and «suggestions,» and it neglects to take into consideration important factors, such as parental choice, the similarity
of student populations between inner city
charters and inner city traditional
schools, and that
charter schools intentionally locate in neighborhoods with the
greatest need, a fact that we would hope
champions of civil rights would celebrate, not condemn.
In a surprise 2010 best seller, «The Death and Life
of the
Great American
School System,» she openly declared that she had been wrong to
champion standardized testing,
charter schools and vouchers.