Senator Warren is jumping into the middle of a fight between the teachers union and the other public school teachers and administrators that run charter schools. Charter schools are public schools, and they are frequently run by people who previously worked in traditional public schools.
Many of the charter school teachers left unionized positions in regular public schools to work in charter schools to avoid the one size fits all approach of regular public school systems, and the stifling work environments they have.
What the union fears is that the success of charter schools will show that their schools are not doing a good job, and the political pressure that will result from that.
Yes. My thoughts as well. Charter schools are an anathema to the NEA. Proving the Union corruption on so many levels.
They also make the claim that charter schools "bleed off" the best students, which lowers the performance of the public schools.
Think about that one for a minute. Whether it is better for the individual students at charter schools is not the consideration. They are only concerned that the better students go elsewhere and therefore the average performance at their schools drops.