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To be fair there are good charter school operators and bad ones. Some pruning and triage needs to be done there.

But the public schools surely need the competition. I was at a council meeting at my church which turned into a union hall scrum at the mere mention of Gates’ name. (unbeknownst to me five members of my church’s council were unionized public school teachers).

“(unbeknownst to me five members of my church’s council were unionized public school teachers)”

They don’t require council members to be Christians?

You can’t be a NEA member and be a Christian. It is that simple.

Competition is encouraged even in Communist China. Read Alice Iserbyte’s work (She has been on education for 4 decades)-They traced the “choice” model to commie China. BTW-we already have “competition” within corporate run Houston ISD-I can apply for a magnet school based on Art,medical professions,Law Enforcement (note the push toward career clusters),etc.. I can also apply for a charter school like the Turkish Gulen chain called Harmony with their schtick being Science, Math,Technology (that they are Islamic-associated is no PROBLEM), or I may wish to send my child to an Arabic Immersion School. You CAN ALREADY avoid the public school in your neighborhood. What these Bill & Melinda Gates “Choice/Charter pushers are not letting you know is that schools will be run by NGO’s, Foundations, corps etc...to help funnel the kiddos into the global workforce to spin profits for the global economy.
The American Model was to provide an across the board liberal arts education in order to maintain a free society. The charter/privitizing model is communist in its bent toward “training” kids for a planned economy.We need the PRE-1965 model back that the globalists/Marxists turned into brainwashing centers DELIBERATELY!
You must analyze EVERY WORD they throw at you. They speak in code.

(unbeknownst to me five members of my church’s council were unionized public school teachers).

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I am betting that your church does not have a private school. Am I right?

The truth is that in many counties the government schools are the largest single employer in the county. By far! Then add to that the vendors and their employees that service the schools. These are the people sitting in the church pews. And...Few ministers will bite the hand that put money in the collection plate.

But the public schools surely need the competition.

But charter schools aren't really going to be the competition you think they might be. It's state money running these schools, but without state control. You can bet that parents will have even less control than they do in public schools.

While there might currently be good charter schools, they'll be bought out by Soros-type organizations. The left wants to own schooling free and clear of gov't control; but of course still with gov't money.