NACSA’s praise of Washington’s charter law – like Col. Sanders saying KFC has the best chicken
December 11, 2016
I was e-mailed this article today: “Washington Charter School Law Best in Nation According to Report.”
It would be funny if it weren’t so frustrating–and misleading. The National Association of Charter school Authorizers (NACSA) wrote the report that praised Washington’s charter school law. NACSA is funded by the Gates Foundation.
Gates is patting himself on the back.
- The Gates Foundation funded ALEC, which crafted the charter school model bill.
- The Gates Foundation funded the signature-gathering for the charter school initiative similar to ALEC’s model.
- The Gates Foundation contributed millions of dollars to the charter school initiative campaign, the promotion and advertising for the campaign, and the funding of like-minded groups to jump onto the bandwagon.
- The Gates Foundation invested $13 million into supporting Washington’s Charter Schools.
- The Gates Foundation contributed millions to “saving” the charter schools .
So now, of course the Gates-Funded NACSA would pronounce our Washington State Charter school Law the best in the nation.
I strongly hope that citizens will not just swallow the mainstream media’s headlines. Please recognize the numerous problems with Washington’s charter school law. Although the charter schools are funded by the taxpayers, there is no accountability to the taxpayers and voters. Also, it absolves authorizers from ANY liability. It does not prohibit foreign entities from opening up charter schools here; I bring up this aspect because Turkish Gulen schools, with teachers brought in from Turkey, are the largest chain of charter schools in the USA. Washington’s charter schools are still required to follow the SAME state standards (Common Core), use the same state assessments, and collect the same data. By the way, the development of the Common Core was also funded by the Gates Foundation. So the “choice” is just in the manner of delivery of the same federal outcome-based education.
There are many other problems. Read our past article here. Perhaps the new Washington Legislature and new superintendent will work on these problems this year.
I was e-mailed this article today: “Washington Charter School Law Best in Nation According to Report.”
It would be funny if it weren’t so frustrating–and misleading. The National Association of Charter school Authorizers (NACSA) wrote the report that praised Washington’s charter school law. NACSA is funded by the Gates Foundation.
Gates is patting himself on the back.
- The Gates Foundation funded ALEC, which crafted the charter school model bill.
- The Gates Foundation funded the signature-gathering for the charter school initiative similar to ALEC’s model.
- The Gates Foundation contributed millions of dollars to the charter school initiative campaign, the promotion and advertising for the campaign, and the funding of like-minded groups to jump onto the bandwagon.
- The Gates Foundation invested $13 million into supporting Washington’s Charter Schools.
- The Gates Foundation contributed millions to “saving” the charter schools .
So now, of course the Gates-Funded NACSA would pronounce our Washington State Charter school Law the best in the nation.
I strongly hope that citizens will not just swallow the mainstream media’s headlines. Please recognize the numerous problems with Washington’s charter school law. Although the charter schools are funded by the taxpayers, there is no accountability to the taxpayers and voters. Also, it absolves authorizers from ANY liability. It does not prohibit foreign entities from opening up charter schools here; I bring up this aspect because Turkish Gulen schools, with teachers brought in from Turkey, are the largest chain of charter schools in the USA. Washington’s charter schools are still required to follow the SAME state standards (Common Core), use the same state assessments, and collect the same data. By the way, the development of the Common Core was also funded by the Gates Foundation. So the “choice” is just in the manner of delivery of the same federal outcome-based education.
There are many other problems. Read our past article here. Perhaps the new Washington Legislature and new superintendent will work on these problems this year.