July 1, 2007
As Park Slope Goes, So Goes The Nation?
The newspaper which dubs itself "Brooklyn's Real Newspaper" makes it sound like charter schools are the hot new thing among well-off parents. Charter school fever?
Wait until these moms and dad get their charter and find their local elected officials have been such stubborn resisters of quality public schooling. Don't forget the politics, Slopers!
Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn has some info here. Check out the school's web site here.
The key dynamic here seems to be parents frustrated with the abundant supply of crappy NYC middle schools, some entrepreneurial educators who are confident they can do a better job, and a state charter school law that allows all of these folks to work under the public school umbrella rather than being forced into private schools.
And allowing this kind of thing is controversial? What is wrong with us?
