Kentucky remains one of 10 states without a law allowing charter schools, "and I think we're probably going to remain one of the states without charter schools," Carl Rollins, D-Midway, recently stated on KET's "Kentucky Tonight" program.
Rollins claims that nobody has convinced him that charter schools "are really going to help us make progress.”
Yet why is it that 41 other states and the District of Columbia -- including six of seven of Kentucky's neighboring states -- allow charter schools while 43 other states have some type of school choice law. Kentucky has neither.
States without a charter school law: Kentucky, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Alabama, West Virginia, Vermont and Maine.
States with no school choice law: Kentucky, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Alabama and West Virginia.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Charter schools: What do 41 other states and the District of Columbia know?
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If charter schools aren't working, I'd say that we would see far fewer states with charter schools right now. States are a great opportunity to experiment. Charter schools were once an experiment. Now they are a proven strategy for educational policy. Why does Kentucky continue to ignore the facts?
Teachers unions and educrats whose agenda is adults, not kids. That's why.
Let's call it like it is. Rollins bows down to the teachers unions first, thinks about kids second -- maybe.
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