Friday, March 14, 2008

Paying Charters To Take NCLB Kids

National education policy wonk Alexander Russo responded to yesterday's KSN&C post on Rahm Emanuel's plan to "pay charters to take NCLB kids."

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I'm not against choice or charters, but there's something wrong here. Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel wants to create a $300 million program to let kids in NCLB restructuring schools transfer to charter schools that would include paying charters "supplemental funding" to handle any influx. Promoting the program or providing transportation I get, but don't charters already get public funding for kids they serve? Giving charters a bounty for NCLB kids seems like an unnecessary and unfair way to go.

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