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Charter Schools are the next step in the federal plan to REFORM 'their' system. Look into the Charters and you may find as in Philadelphia PA, an Islamist South Side being created via a Universal Cos/ Kenny Gamble aka Luqman Abdul Haqq charter. See WSJ 4/11/11 article 'Comeback School Misses Mark'

The Gulen Movement/Fethullah Gulen Community (FGC) is another that is creating Charters with Islamic focus all across the U S. The are based in Saylorsburg PA .

Be careful what you wish for. Charters are not the answer. They are being used to advance the Progressive Agenda.

If Islamic charters are being created then the problem is with immigration and not with charters. Start there with immigration.

Anyway...If you have followed my posts regarding K-12 education you will see that in nearly every post I call for the complete separation of school and state. Parents and charity should be responsible for education. Government on every level ( federal, state, and local) must divest itself of anything to do with education.

We now have a government cartel monopoly on K-12 education. This cartel is giving its services away for tuition-free! Few businesses can compete against that. How long do you think your local Safeway, Smiths, or Acme would stay open if government ran grocery stores that gave food away for free? In many counties, such as mine, there are no private schools because they can not compete against the government cartel.

So....I support vouchers, charters, and tax credits ONLY if they are used to build the private infra-structure needed to completely abolish all government involvement in education.

The danger that I see with charters, vouchers, and tax credits is that we will have the tuition inflation that we see on the college and university level. Also, as you rightly point out, the voucher, tax credit, and charters could easily be controlled by powerful Marxist and government interests.