Look What's Going On in Charter Schools

Townhall.com ^ | April 10, 2012 | Phyllis Schlafly

[Mrs. Don-o]

Wow.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Wow.

[rightly_dividing]

Home school.

[Rummyfan]

Most American taxpayers would be mighty surprised at what their money is financing.

Mrs Schafly is right - I am mighty surprised. And this is downright insanity.

[Rummyfan]

Home school yes - but our taxes still go to support such outrageousness, and the Department of Education wants even more funding!

[mo]

It is quite clear Congress is too small to adequately supervise that with which they have been trusted...the care of the American Republic.

435 Congresscritters was fixed in the late 1800’s. By original apportionment of 1:30000 we would have almost 10000 congressman today- about what would be required to exert appropriate Federal oversight.

This needs to be defunded today.....

[khelus]

Thanks for posting.

[Will88]

Alabama is one of several states which still have no charter schools, but a bill is currently before the legislature to approve some number of charter schools. So, charter schools do have to be approved by the states, and it doesn’t seem to be clear to what extent the creation, control and funding of charter schools is a state function or federal function.

It appears that the Alabama bill is intended mainly to provide alternatives in areas with low performing schools.

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/04/house_committee_passes_charter.html

[allendale]

Frankly the country would be better off if the hypocrisy in education funding was exposed and policies altered. The “charter school” program began when significant numbers of taxpayers in mostly urban ares balked at sending their kids to failing urban schools. The real solution would be vouchers and choice which would empower parents , create competition and actually educate kids. The NEA are core constituent of the Democrat Party of course has opposed and scuttled almost all voucher programs however successful. The ultimate hypocrisy is typified by Obama who scuttled a voucher program in DC and Rahm Emmanuel who opposes school choice, both send their children to private schools. Meanwhile for three generations urban youth mostly minorities are herded into atrocious failing public schools where thet remain uneducated, ignorant and easily controlled. The hypocritical liberals in urban areas of course “choose” private schools for themselves. In a way the Muslim parents are to be complimented that they forced the system to serve their needs.

[cookcounty]

Fetullah Gulen is one of the most radical of Islamic extremists in the US. He’s in the US because the Turks (so far) don’t let terrorist supporters in their country.

[newheart]

Charter schools are able to hire and fire teachers, administrators and staff and avoid control by education department bureaucrats and the teachers unions.

Catch 22. If these were Christian charter schools few of us would complain about schools that are beyond the control of education department bureaucrats whom we believe have the primary goal of indoctrinating students with the socialist agenda.

[rightly_dividing]

I cant do anything to eliminate the DOE but you can keep your kids out of their clutches. DOE needs to go, along with EPA, TSA and some other gov alphabet agencys.

[Dead Corpse]

This.... :-|

Is my shocked face. We told you this would happen. You wanted Christian Charter schools... We asked what would happen when the Muzzies got a hold of it...

Now you know.

Privatize the whole shebang and they stop receiving tax money and this becomes a non-issue.

[cookcounty]

More in depth on the Gulen movement:

http://www.meforum.org/2045/fethullah-gulens-grand-ambition

He came to the US ostensibly for medical treatment, but was about to be charged with “insurrection” against the Turkish government.

[cookcounty]

"You wanted Christian Charter schools... "

Colorado has a huge Charter School movement, but there aren't any "Christian Charter Schools." Yes Christians tend to be more heavily involved, and the school is not hostile to Christians (unlike many of the "regular" public schools), but the schools have been quite rigorous in separating the education from any religious instruction. The kinds of things at these "Muslim" charter schools do not happen at other charter schools.

I'm all for a crackdown.

[Lurker]

Hey Phillis, look over here: UNO Charter Modeled On Alinsky Method of Community Organizing

In our Community Organizer In Chief's hometown of Chicago.

L

[Tax-chick]

You wanted Christian Charter schools.

I didn't.

Privatize the whole shebang ...

Exactly. Private tuition or private charity. Instantly solves almost every current problem.

[codder too]

Gulen lives in the Pocono region of Pennsylvania. His home is fenced and guarded.

[Lady Lucky]

mighty surprised

People think of Pennsylvania as a rather rural, largely conservative, densely populated state where nothing much is going on, and outside the biggest cities this is all quite correct.

But I live here in the rural heart of PA and you'd be more than surprised at the situation if you saw it up close. The poor, the immigrants, the illegals, and most especially the muslims are coming in big. They are causing ghettos to crop up in communities that never had them; they are opening not just mosques but compounds, ostensibly religious and often tax-relieved; they are taking state and federal funds -- our money -- for charter schools, cyber schools, and innumerable "non-profit" organizations. They are demanding hospitality, concessions, adjustments, benefits, favors, privileges, exemptions, exceptions, waivers, ad nauseam. If you're not here you can't know how bad it is and yet it's just the beginning. Every year it's worse and almost nobody is pushing back.