Achievement Gap: Charter Schools are the Answer


In today’s Wall Street Journal, NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, and the Reverend Al Sharpton offer advice for President Elect Barack Obama.
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Their perscription:

1. More charter schools
2. National Standards
3. Take Federal K-12 funding and put it towards merit pay. (Wave goodbye to Arts Education funding at USDOE.)
4. Drop Union work rules.
5. Expand and ensure arts education for all students (just kidding!! there’s no number five–it was a Monday morning test!)

What do you think?

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