Again, Charter Schools Failing....

Here's another in a long line of stories proving once and for all charter and voucher schools are failing, and that they are only promoted to destroy our public schools.

EdWeek: Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other city leaders have long heralded charter schools' innovative approach to education (and want to expand it still), but new research suggests many charters in Chicago are performing no better than traditional neighborhood schools and some are actually doing much worse.
7 percent of students met state standards … nine out of every 10 students missed the state benchmark … The dismal numbers are part of a new set of school report cards.

Remember, Scott Walker wanted to do away with private school testing and allow all income groups into the program. Once you introduce higher income students, who test higher, Republicans can then brag how well privatization is doing. 

The state has released data that will allow the public for the first time to see how individual charter schools are measuring up against traditional public schools … the trends show that despite their celebrated autonomy, discipline and longer school days, charter schools are struggling to overcome the poverty that so often hampers underperforming neighborhood schools.

It’s their “low-income,” stupid:

Charters with the highest numbers of students from low-income families or those with recognized learning disabilities almost universally scored the lowest last year on state exams, a trend common throughout CPS.

Supporting the idea that charter and private voucher schools are being used to destroy the nation’s public school systems and the teaching profession:

But the majority of charter schools in Chicago and around the U.S. rely on nonunion teachers, who are frequently paid lower wages and asked to work longer hours … teachers unions accuse charter networks of devaluing the profession by driving down salaries and of stripping public money from long-standing neighborhood schools.

"Charter schools, quite frankly, have shown no innovations in instruction," said Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis. "The only innovation they have is in labor management where they can afford to pay a significantly lower amount to their teachers."