Re:The Myth of Charter Schools
by niels_olson on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @12:28PM
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I think Ravitch should be applauded for arguing an unpopular position with vigor. I also commend HN readers for reading critically. I hope we can point out her strengths as well as weaknesses, and I hope someone can provide some insight on the content of Waiting for Superman.
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"I think Ravitch should be applauded for arguing an unpopular position with vigor."
Technically her position is actually the more popular one, it's just that you'd never know it because the media has teamed up with silicon valley and wall street to push charter schools and standardized testing. Anyway there is some more analysis on the previous thread linked below, but the fact is that though both Ravitch and the movie make a lot of valid points, neither is fully correct and you're never really going to understand why without reading books. Hacker News is fun and all, but there's no way you're going to understand the last 50 years of educational research after reading a few dozen comments.