<p>FYI, charter schools are not part of a movement to privatize public education. All you need to know is that Al Shanker was a proponent of the creation of charter schools to understand that it was a stratagem to delay the inevitable collapse of a monopolistic system. Charter schools are part of the public system of education, as the schools, as the name says, only operate under a public school charter. </p>
<p>Supporters of privatization, or better stated, supporters of a relaxing of the funding monopoly that protects the public system of education are on the fence regarding the charter schools as many have been set up to fail. </p>
<p>At best, what our country could and should hope for is a depoliticization of the education system and lesser role played by the trade unions. </p>
<p>As usual, the US will only do the right thing after exhausting all other possibilities. Just as has done for the past six decades in education. We will have to hit rock bottom before realizing how bad the current system truly is.</p>
<p>But relax. You will never see the changes, and neither will your children. There is hope for your grandkids!</p>