Yep. The Rats are more concerned with keeping the teachers’ unions happy and raking in the campaign cash than what is best for the children.
I’ve had a few solidly indoctrinated blacks ask “What have republicans done for blacks?” and have been able to point to Detroit charters as being some of the best in the nation and they wouldn’t exist if not for Michigan republicans. I’ve gotten some pretty reasonable responses.
I’m simply honest about the fact that not all charter schools are perfect but their charter is directly tied to their results. A public school can stumble along like a zombie producing illiterate kids for decades. A charter will only last a year or two if they don’t show results. Charter schools are also safer.
I can also show them Detroit charter school students getting ivy league scholarships based purely on merit. I recently read about a charter school valedictorian getting a private scholarship to Hillsdale college.