The right wing's attempt to destroy public education is running into a snag. The alternative charter school that have been rammed down our throats are performing poorly - more poorly than public schools.The strategy was to test kids to death. That strategy worked in Texas where Bush managed to push the public school system to dead last among states while he was governor. Those endless, useless tests were mandated nationwide. Outrage at how terribly students did on tests that tested nothing that was taught in schools except during weeks of classes on how to take tests brought consensus on new rules.
Students in poorly performing schools could demand to be sent to other schools. And charter schools were just the answer. Many are religiously based. Most are run by right wing extremists.
But all of the testing seems to have backfired. Despite money being taken from public schools that needed extra funding, students in charter schools, who are required to take those meaningless tests as well, have been testing poorly and their scores have been falling below those of public school students.
Well, what did we expect from an education plan from a president who boasted about becoming president despite his C average. We're all to blame. After all, he warned us.
