[cripplecreek]

Choice is good.

If anyone wants to be added to the Michigan Cap Con ping list, let me know.

[taildragger]

Several students attending a conventional school district near Detroit interviewed by the Mackinac Center said they were there because the charter school they wanted to attend didn't have enough room. Indeed, the Michigan Association of Public School Academies estimates that two-thirds of public charter schools have wait lists.

For the top rated ones? You have no idea how long the list is....

Got to see a State Senator today give a talk on this subject. The gist is, is that local High Schools won't admit it, but are adopting Charter School like policies including moral-focus training and allowing outside curriculum for advanced students, as their Schools are seeing the fruits of the Charter Experiment as they enter their hallways post 8th grade. They are noticing, the Charter kids excel and are well behaved....