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To: JohnM who wrote (116141)7/22/2009 9:25:25 AM
From: ChinuSFO  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541967
 
<iBut a blanket statement that they "do better" isn't true.

I agree and I retract that statement. My experience has been that those Charters which have a very active parent involvment invariably succeed.

usnews.com

And then we have the magnet schools which have also been successful in rescuing failing schools.

usnews.feedroom.com

It may seem very radical but education should be treated like the military where we spend a lot of money while ensuring that the military personnel are not allowed to unionize and thereby politicize.