In districts where the quality of education is very poor, it's hardly surprising that parents will try to act in their children's best interests. Are we really helping the poor by forcing them to put their children in low-quality schools?
"In the latest teacher strike in Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest school system, some 30,000 teachers walked off the job saying unchecked growth of charter schools and charters’ lack of transparency and accountability have become an unsustainable drain on the public system’s financials."
That's odd. The union's own release[0] states no such concern (beyond an offhand mention to charter co-locations in bullet point #5 of 7).
Note that the article is specifically about non-charter school teachers, i.e. they are "exposing" their competitors as allegedly corrupt. Good for them of course, but perhaps we should take their claims with a grain of salt.
