Mark Tapscott from the Washington Examiner explains why it’s happened.
The Rev. Al Sharpton has come out against teachers’ unions and in favor of charter schools.
“I’m not anti-charter schools. I’m pro-good charter schools. We want what’s best for our kids, even if it doesn’t follow the liberal status quo.”
“I think there’s a new leadership in the black community, and we’re not wedded to the [teachers] unions calling our shots,” he said. “I think accountability must be part of what we do to make sure kids have the education they need to close the achievement gap.”
Another amazing thing from the same article:
“Of the country’s 20,000 high schools, only 2,000 produce about half of all dropouts. And a black child has a 50% chance of attending one of these “drop-out factories.” The urban school problem isn’t too many charters but too many failing schools.”
President Obama, speaking to the Urban League last week said:
“This status quo is morally inexcusable.”
(The original Wall Street Journal article is behind a pay wall, but you can get to it by googling: morally inexcusable + sharpton)
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